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boondocks

[ boon-doks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

a remote rural area:
The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.
Synonyms: boonies, backwoods, back country
an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, such as a backwoods or marsh.

boon·dock [boon, -dok], to camp, especially in a vehicle, in places other than recognized campgrounds, such as in a mall parking lot, a highway rest area, or a field:
We called the inn to ask if we could boondock with our RV in their parking lot.

boondocks

/ ˈbuːnˌdɒks /

An Americanism first recorded in 1940–45; from Tagalog bundok “mountain” + -s ³ (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)

C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain

Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.

Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks has been around for almost 20 and it's come back from the dead more than once.

Last year Boyd was transferred to Haynesville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison deep in the Virginia boondocks.

So he was in Pakistan for almost 10 years, mostly in settled urban centers, not caves in the remote tribal boondocks.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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