boondocks
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈbunˌdɑks/
- Informal
:
pueblo remoto
- It wouldn't be like your father if we didn't have to go traipsing out to the Boondocks for no good reason on the hottest day of the decade.
Examples
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Why do we have to go at all is what I want to know, all the way out in the Boondocks... to the big-deal suburbs?
Fiction book (1995) -
But then I learned that "Hush" was written by one Joe South, who also wrote "Down in the Boondocks" and had a hit on his own with "Games People Play."
Blog text (11) -
And I said well Robert's out in the boondocks of Australia chasing Skippy the kangaroo and we have an agreement and I cannot do that.
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My stomach feels like the treeless, dusty, sunbaked streets of the Boondocks.
Fiction book (1995) -
In "The Trial of R. Kelly" episode of Aaron McGruder's animated television series The Boondocks, character Riley supports R. Kelly, dismisses the girl's status as a victim, and neglects the implication of abuse, emblematic of the typical treatment of black girls in popular culture.
Academic text (2013) -
We spent our vacation in the boondocks, far from any city or modern convenience.
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Growing up in the boondocks taught me to appreciate the beauty of rural life.
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The small cabin was located deep in the boondocks, surrounded by forests and streams.
Synonyms
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8.8
An area far from cities or the coast, often remote and less developed
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9.1
A place far from towns where few people live
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5.7
A remote wild area far from towns and roads
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7.0
An unpleasant run-down place where few people want to live
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9.3
A very remote area far from towns and cities
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7.0
A remote place with few people and many trees
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9.9
A very far away empty place with nothing there
Areas far from towns or cities where few people live and life is often hard
A rural area far from towns and cities with few people
A place that is small and not important, like a quiet country town
A rude name for parts of a city that are poor and run-down
How Remote
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boondocks comes from the Tagalog word bundok, which means 'mountain'. American soldiers heard the word in the Philippines and started using it for places far from towns, so today boondocks means a remote, rural area with few modern comforts.