[Gabz]

"copperhead"

I'm not familiar with that term except when it comes to snakes and red heads........would you mind explaining it to this transplanted yankee. Thanks.

[Non-Sequitur]

A 'copperhead' was someone who lived in the North during the Civil War but who supported the southern rebellion.

[warchild9]

During the Round One of the War Between the States, Northerners sympathetic with the Southern Cause wore copper pennies attached to their lapels. Hence, the term "copperhead," which originated in Illinois newspapers, if I'm not mistaken. It's not a perjorative; quite the contrary.