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

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
Tan internet-worthy location patrolman
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=1...
french sickened set
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
Tan internet-worthy location patrolman
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
french sickened set
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
Tan internet-worthy location patrolman
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
Excitant tanning salon alpha
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
Tan internet-worthy location patrolman
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
Excitant tanning salon alpha
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
Startled nighttime parlor
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
Exhilarant twinkling dog poop
  07/10/17
?
Tan internet-worthy location patrolman
  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: Tan internet-worthy location patrolman

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: french sickened set

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: Tan internet-worthy location patrolman

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: french sickened set

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Tan internet-worthy location patrolman

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: Excitant tanning salon alpha

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: Tan internet-worthy location patrolman

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

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: Excitant tanning salon alpha

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

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

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3671144&forum_id=2).#33745345)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Exhilarant twinkling dog poop

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: Tan internet-worthy location patrolman

?

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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)