boondocks

[ boon-doks ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a remote rural area:

   The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.

   Synonyms: boonies, backwoods, back country

2. an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, such as a backwoods or marsh.

verb (used without object)

1. 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 /

plural noun

1. wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country
2. a remote rural or provincial area

Word History and Origins

Origin of boondocks¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of boondocks¹

C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain

Example Sentences

That this treatment had become fodder for comedy, most notably on The Dave Chappelle Show and The Boondocks, was appalling.

From Time

The Navigator has other amenities that assist with life in the boondocks.

From Popular-Science

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast