boonies
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈbuniːz/
- Slang
:
pueblo perdido
- The Boonies... the Wendys, the Debbies, the Donnas... I can't even remember all their names.
And we'll go out halfway to Vegas, you know, out in the middle of the boonies.
- And we'll go out halfway to Vegas, you know, out in the middle of the boonies.
Examples
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In the Boonies.
Fiction book (1995) -
I me neither Where where is there even a Sonic out like the boonies like way out.
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We, this is a band that we actually heard over here in the United States, even in the boonies where I lived, because they made it on to MTV.
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Congratulations to Michelle of Blogging From the Boonies for being our Prayer Wall contest winner chosen by Random.org.
Blog text (18) -
They laid some serious money on me to poke around and see if I could spot three people -roughing it in the Boonies.
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They marched this, the, the staff Sergeant marched this down to the boonies, the water and there were warehouses there.
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During our road trip, we discovered a charming village in the boonies, far away from city lights.
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She grew up in the boonies, where there were only a few houses scattered in the woods.
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Living in the boonies means you often have to drive a long distance to reach the nearest store.
Synonyms
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1.0
Land away from towns and cities where few people live
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1.1
Land and views outside towns and cities with fields and farms
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3.8
A natural area not changed by people and without people living there
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4.6
A place far from towns and people
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2.0
An area outside towns with few people and open land used for farming
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4.9
Land at the edge of settled areas next to wild land
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1.0
In an area away from towns and cities with farms and small villages
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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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8.4
A remote forest area far from towns and roads
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5.7
A remote wild area far from towns and roads
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9.1
A remote area far from towns with few modern services
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7.0
A remote place with few people and many trees
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9.9
A very remote place far from towns or cities
A rural area far from towns and cities with few people
Areas far from towns or cities where few people live and life is often hard
Antonyms
How Remote
Surface Forms
Morphology
boonies = boonie (semi-transparent) = boonie + s
The plural '-s' is a transparent inflection of the informal noun 'boonie', but 'boonie' itself is slang derived from 'boondocks' and may be unfamiliar or opaque to learners.
Etymology
Boonies comes from the slang boondocks, which itself comes from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning 'mountain'. American soldiers heard bundok in the Philippines and used it for far, remote places, and that is why boonies now means a very far, rural, or isolated area.