Boonies
//ˈbuːniz// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Boondocks. US, informal, plural, plural-only, slang
Example
More examples"I couldn't stand living out in the boonies, so I moved to the Big Apple."
Etymology
Clipping of boondocks + -ies, as if a singular *boony (“remote place (singular)”). It was shortened as such by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
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