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Originally Posted by shooshoobaby
In America- it became " Boondocks " , Middle of Nowhere.
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Which I once read was from the Filipino word ("bundok" IIRC) for "jungle", brought home by US soldiers after the Spanish-American war.
Also check out "Down in the Boondocks" a song by Billy Joe Royal (later covered by Ry Cooder) where the context is living "on the wrong side of the tracks."