Meaning & use
boondocks
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a remote or rural area, far from a city (informal).
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They moved out to the boondocks to escape the noise of downtown.
There's no cell signal way out in the boondocks.
A note on using this word
Informal American English; comes from the Tagalog word 'bundok,' meaning mountain, brought back by U.S. soldiers after the Philippine-American War.
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