boondocks

English

Etymology

1910s, Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by American troops, reinforced or re-adopted during World War II.

Noun

boondocks (plural only)

1. A very rural location or town.

   We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.

Synonyms

• See: Wikisaurus:remote place
• boonies
• the sticks
• backwoods
• backwater
• middle of nowhere

Derived terms

• boonies

Translations

very rural area

• French: cambrousse (fr) f
• German: Einöde (de) f, Pampa (de) f, Walachei (de) f, Kartoffelsteppe (de) f, Hundetürkei (de) f, vulg. Arsch der Welt (de) m
• Romanian: coclauri (ro) pl

• Spanish: barrios lejanos (es)
• Swedish: vischan (sv) c
• Yiddish: Eckveldt (yi)