Where did the term, Boone Docks, or boondocks originate?

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Webster says that the origin is the Tagalog "bundok" meaning mountain. In any event, boondocks means a rough, rural area - the sticks....Show more

Main Entry: boon·docks
Pronunciation: \ˈbün-ˌdäks\
Function: noun plural
Etymology: Tagalog bundok mountain
Date: 1930
1 : rough country filled with dense brush
2 : a rural area : sticks...Show more

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boondock
Tagalog bundok (mountain).

Noun
boondocks (plural only; not used in singular form)

A very rural location or town.
We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.
Translations
very rural area[Show]
French: régions arriérées m. pl.
German: Einöde f., Pampa f., Walachei f., Kartoffelsteppe f., Hundetürkei f., vulg. Arsch der Welt m.
Romanian: coclauri pl.


See also
boonies
(the) sticks
backwoods
backwater
middle of nowhere
Eckveldt (Yiddish)

my dad in his 70'S has been using it since i was a kid, he grew up in Kansas far from no where. not sure where he got it from...Show more