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Unfamiliar with "Nigger in a woodpile" idiom, can anyone explain?

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
Passionate Gold Gaping
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=1...
Burgundy exhilarant deer antler piazza
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
Passionate Gold Gaping
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
Burgundy exhilarant deer antler piazza
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
Passionate Gold Gaping
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
buck-toothed appetizing pisswyrm
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
Passionate Gold Gaping
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
buck-toothed appetizing pisswyrm
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
Emerald parlor
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
Razzle mustard sanctuary
  07/10/17
?
Passionate Gold Gaping
  07/11/17
"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fe...
Rabbi Nahasapeemapetilon
  10/01/25
Ty
Guarding of the Brit
  10/01/25
An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancest...
habeas penem
  10/01/25


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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:25 PM
Author: Passionate Gold Gaping

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacceptable-mp-apologises-after-woodpile-remarks/

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:26 PM
Author: Burgundy exhilarant deer antler piazza

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=103&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:36 PM
Author: Passionate Gold Gaping

The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not explain it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2#33745271)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:52 PM
Author: Burgundy exhilarant deer antler piazza

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Passionate Gold Gaping

I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect it's a reference to something predating the cartoon.

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:39 PM
Author: buck-toothed appetizing pisswyrm

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: Passionate Gold Gaping

It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narcissism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2#33745356)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: buck-toothed appetizing pisswyrm

Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2#33745475)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:43 PM
Author: Emerald parlor

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=20&forum_id=2

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Razzle mustard sanctuary

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: Passionate Gold Gaping

?

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Date: October 1st, 2025 1:36 AM
Author: Rabbi Nahasapeemapetilon (✅🍑)

"Nigger in the woodpile" or "nigger in the fence" is a figure of speech originating in the United States meaning "some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed—something suspicious or wrong".[1]

The phrase means an unknown factor, something that causes things to turn out differently than would normally be assumed. Woodpiles used to be stacked loosely with spaces, to avoid rot (see illustration) and were presented by racists as natural hiding places for Black people, where they could either nap (fitting the stereotype of the lazy Black man) or spy on their White neighbors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2#49316610)



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Date: October 1st, 2025 3:02 AM
Author: Guarding of the Brit

Ty

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Date: October 1st, 2025 8:13 AM
Author: habeas penem

An African somewhere in a (usually Southern) person's ancestry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2#49316851)