boondocks
[boon-doks]
- an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, as a backwoods or marsh (usually preceded by the).
- a remote rural area (usually preceded by the): The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.
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Origin of boondocks
1940–45, Americanism; < Tagalog bundok mountain + -s3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)
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Last year Boyd was transferred to Haynesville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison deep in the Virginia boondocks.
boondocks
- wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country
- a remote rural or provincial area
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Sometimes shortened to: the Boonies
Word Origin
C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain
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Word Origin and History for boondocks
n.
1910s, from Tagalog bundok "mountain." Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines for "remote and wild place." Reinforced or re-adopted during World War II. Hence, also boondockers "shoes suited for rough terrain," originally (1944) U.S. services slang word for field boots.
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