What Does "Neck of the Woods" Mean?

"Neck of the Woods" means our area or our home. If someone told you to come to our "neck of the woods" they are asking you to go to their home or town.

Neck Of The Woods

Your area or neighborhood.

Like when Al Roker on the Today Show says, "Now here's a look at the weather in your neck of the woods."

Like everyone said: the phrase means where you live, but it's origin came from the fact that narrow strips of land, woods, or water are called "necks" -- so back in colonial times, when people were claiming their land, they would of course have land that would be touching other peoples land, so they would phrase it like"your neck of the woods" or "my neck of the woods" to indicate where the heck in the woods you were going to meet or work or whatever.

Around the time of the founding of our nation, a neck of the woods was a narrow portion of a larger wooded area, and it carried with it the connotation that you arrived there intentionally, as if to visit someone "accidentally on purpose," sort of like when a young man "accidentally" passed by his girlfriend's house because he "just happened to be passing through." One might say, "I happened by your neck of the woods." In modern times that idiom has lost much of its meaning, and it is now little more than "near your home" or "around your neighborhood."

Neck of the Woods=area, or neighborhood like the others said.

"""neck of the woods

n. pl. necks of the woods Informal

A region; a neighborhood""

neck of the woods - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity

gold coast - a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan"

'hood - (slang) a neighborhood

place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"

proximity - the region close around a person or thing

scenery - the appearance of a place

section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation

It's a means of referring to a specific geographic area.

Example:

your neck of the woods = around the general area where you live/hang out.

"Neck of the Woods" means your side of town or the area you're from. For example: I see you're not from these neck of the woods.

the neck of the woods means the ares of the woods.

for example:

"what are you doing in this neck of the woods?"