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

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/07/10/completely-unacce...
stirring brindle base
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2114734&mc=1...
glittery jap pozpig
  07/10/17
The link confirms the existence of the idiom, but does not e...
stirring brindle base
  07/10/17
just watch the vid
glittery jap pozpig
  07/10/17
I did there is a woodpile with a nigger in it, but I suspect...
stirring brindle base
  07/10/17
https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA Reference :50
indigo mother market
  07/10/17
It's almost resembles self reflection, but it's just narciss...
stirring brindle base
  07/10/17
Yeah, it is addressed to blacks at the end it seems tho
indigo mother market
  07/10/17
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2321539&mc=2...
nighttime thirsty crackhouse generalized bond
  07/10/17
Is it similar to brass tacks?
Hot tanning salon
  07/10/17
?
stirring brindle base
  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: stirring brindle base

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: glittery jap pozpig

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: stirring brindle base

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

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



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:52 PM
Author: glittery jap pozpig

just watch the vid

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: stirring brindle base

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: indigo mother market

https://youtu.be/cooncA2iVMA

Reference :50

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:44 PM
Author: stirring brindle base

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

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:56 PM
Author: indigo mother market

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

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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:43 PM
Author: nighttime thirsty crackhouse generalized bond

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=2Reputation#33745345)



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Date: July 10th, 2017 7:55 PM
Author: Hot tanning salon

Is it similar to brass tacks?

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Date: July 11th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: stirring brindle base

?

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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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#49316851)