Why Is It Called the Boonies?
For More Than Half a Century, Americans Have Used the Phrase "The Boondocks" or "The Boonies" to Indicate That a Place Was in the Middle of Nowhere...
For more than half a century, Americans have used the phrase "the boondocks" or "the boonies" to indicate that a place was in the middle of nowhere. ... American soldiers stationed in the Philippines adopted the word in the early 1900s, shifting the meaning to refer to "an isolated or wild region."
Where did the term boonies come from?
Origin of "Boonies" Boonies is a shortened form of boondocks, which comes from the Tagolog bandok, meaning "mountain". Tagolog is the primary language in the Philippines, a rugged land with scenic tropical mountains.
What does the boonies mean?
US, informal. : an area that is not close to any towns or cities : boondocks The school is way out in the boonies.
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