The word 'boondocks' is originally from Tagalog 'bundok'

'Boondocks' is a word borrowed from Tagalog 'bundok'. The word entered the English language some time around 1930.

boondocks [noun plural] [1930]

• rough country filled with dense brush
• a rural area
• sticks

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Etymology: Tagalog 'bundok' mountain

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