Derogatory term for someone from the countryside, implying unsophisticated or rustic manners. Often used jokingly or insultingly.
He's a country bumpkin who just came to Tokyo.
I got angry being treated like a hick.
Standard kanji-kana spelling for this derogatory term.
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially when the derogatory nuance is emphasized.
Derived from 田舎 (いなか, countryside) with the suffix っぺ, a colloquial and often pejorative ending. The exact origin of っぺ is uncertain, but it may be related to dialectal or slang suffixes used to create derogatory person nouns.