boondock

Noun

A brushy, rural area or location.
A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.

Verb

To camp in a dry brushy location.
To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.
To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away.

Examples

"It was hard to respect his opinion after he'd called their humble but respectable town "a godforsaken boondock.""
"We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere."
"When traveling in the American Southwest, we avoid other people by boondocking in the desert."

Origin / Etymology

1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by occupying American soldiers serving in the mountains or rural countryside of the American-occupied Philippines under the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. The term was reinforced or re-adopted during World War II under the U.S. military, where terms like boondockers (“shoes suited for rough terrain”) came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots. It was later shortened to boonies by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.

Synonyms

backwater, backwoods, boonies, dry camp, middle of nowhere, overland, random camping, See: Thesaurus:remote place, the sticks

Scrabble Score: 17

boondock is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
boondock is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boondock is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

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