Red Headed Stepchild

What is Red Headed Stepchild?


1.

A person or group treated without the favor of birthright.

The boss treats this department like his red headed stepchildren.

See Tim

2.

A child who is obviously not your own, a child who is treated worse than other children in the family

I beat him like a red headed stepchild.

See red, stepchild, child, red hair

3.

With red hair being rare, a child born to non red headed parents was often assumed to be the child of an affair. Thus was treated badly, usually in the form of beatings.

I'll beat you like a red headed stepchild.

See red hair, colloquialism, stepchild, hair, prejudice

4.

A term that originated out of the common mistreatment and social ostracism of redheaded individuals (gingers). A redheaded individual born into(legitamately or not), or adopted into a family of non-redheads was typically subject to physical and emotional abuse, and usually short handed when it came to financial matters in the family, such as the estate or any savings the family had acquired. Today, the term can be applied to an individual or group of individuals who are outcasts, or are typically dealt the worst hand in society.

I oughta beat you like a red headed stepchild.

See odd ball, black sheep, outcast, segregation

5.

The phrase was first coined by James Joyce in his smash-hit musical, Annie, in which he geniously depicts the stereotypical Irish-male's concern for slamming whiskey and disrespecting women, especially the ones from the loins of his sinner wife. (See child support.) Several years later, Joyce also uses this phrase in a letter to his actual wife to describe his penis.

1) Beat that thing like a red headed stepchild.

2) Perhaps I can help you beat your red headed stepchild. With my mouth.

See red, headed, stepchild, step, child

6.

A child who has red hair and is also somone's stepchild.

- My stepson John has red hair.

- Oh, so you have a red headed stepchild.

See red, head, step, child, stepchild

7.

One who is beaten often.

Man, he smacked her like she was a red headed stepchild!


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