jerkwater
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɜrkˌwɔtər/
- Informal
:
pueblo insignificante
- He grew up in a jerkwater town in the Midwest far from major cities.
Examples
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She left her jerkwater college for a university in a larger city.
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The company was dismissed as a jerkwater operation with little influence in the industry.
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This town is a jerkwater place to live.
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I can't believe they built a jerkwater school here.
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He grew up in a jerkwater town in the Midwest far from major cities.
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She left her jerkwater college for a university in a larger city.
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The company was dismissed as a jerkwater operation with little influence in the industry.
Synonyms
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8.3
Small and not important, often far from larger towns
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8.5
A small, boring place with little interest
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7.9
A place that is small and cramped and often far from the city and not important
A place that is small and not important, like a quiet country town
A very small unimportant village or town
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Etymology
Jerkwater probably comes from the image of a small roadside pump or little stream where someone would jerk 'to pull' up water, so the place had nothing else to offer. That's why a jerkwater town means a tiny, faraway, unimportant place.