Boondocks

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The boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog (Filipino) word bundók ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area, but now, is often applied to an out-of-the-way area considered backward and unsophisticated by city-folk. It can also occasionally refer to a mountain in both Filipino and American context.
The expression was introduced to American English by U.S. military personnel fighting in the Philippine–American War (1899-1902). It derives from the Tagalog word "bundók",From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk... more