" cottoned (to) "

 [ "cotton to" ]

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

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

 [ "Cotton on" ]

1: 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.

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

 [ "cotton" ]

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

  * e.g.,  ... We don't cotton to insert your favorite racial slur around these parts. 

 [ "cottoned on" ]

1: come to some sort of realisation

  * e.g.,  ... the guy hasn't cottoned on to us stealing all his shit yet 

 [ "Cottoneer" ]

1: A slur for black people

  * e.g.,  ... You're a cottoneer just like your ancestors 

 [ "cotton" ]

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

  * e.g.,  ... "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." 

 [ "cotton" ]

1: word used to describe a small piece of cotton used to draw-up your drug of choice into a syringe. this piece of cotton can be from a cigarette filter(already smoked, or not if you're lucky), from a Q-tip, or it can be pre-made and distributed at a needle exhange.

  * e.g.,  ... yo, i need to get some cotton to get off. 

 [ "cotton" ]

1: A white and fluffy plant, commonly picked by negro slaves on plantations in the southern United States in the 1800's. Used to make tee-shirts and other clothing products.

  * e.g.,  ... "Get back to pickin' that cotton before I whip your black ass." 

 [ "cottonism" ]

1: 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.

  * e.g.,  ... 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!" 

 [ "Cotton" ]

1: Cotton - Best thing for the whites, worst for the blacks

  * e.g.,  ... Go pick my cotton nigga