Country Dictionary

Something the character "Cotton" from "King of the Hill" might say. Or really anyone who hails from the tornado states. A bit of wisdom said with a Texan drawl, but really coming from Oklahoma.

My favorite Cottonism is as follows. Melanie: "I think I ate too much for lunch. I don't know if I should make myself throw up or have an epidural!"

southern/redneck slang : take kindly to, appreciate; usually used in the negative form, however

Redneck 1 : I didn't cotton to the way you looked at my daughter.

Redneck 2 : I don't rightly care, I love her whether she's my mom or not.

To realize or catch on to something - usually something in the past which you should have figured out at the time but didn't; Scottish slang.

She was giving all kinds of hints that she was interested in me, but I just didn't cotton on until I got home.

want; accept; appreciate; to put up with; to take kindly to

We don't cotton to insert your favorite racial slur around these parts.

come to some sort of realisation

the guy hasn't cottoned on to us stealing all his shit yet

A slur for black people

You're a cottoneer just like your ancestors

Latin for bacon (see Natalie Tran's YouTube channel to understand)

"Now I suggest you turn off the steam on the iron and have it on cotton setting to cook the bacon, because we all know that cotton is Latin for bacon."