boondocks

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

1910s, Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by American troops, reinforced or re-adopted during World War II.[1]

[edit] Noun

boondocks (plural only)

  1. A very rural location or town.
    We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.

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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

very rural area

[edit] References

  1. ^ “boondocks” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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