"Boondocks The boondocks is an American expression that stems from the Tagalog word ""bundók"" (""mountain""). It originally referred to a remote rural area, but now it is often applied to an out-of-the-way city or town considered backward and unsophisticated. It can also designate a 'mountain'. The expression was introduced to English by U.S. military personnel fighting in the Philippine–American War (1899-1902). It derives from the Tagalog word """"bundók"""", which means ""mountain"". According to military historian Paul A. Kramer, the term originally had ""connotations of bewilderment and confusion"", due to the guerrilla warfare in which the soldiers were engaged. In the"
"evolved into American slang used to refer to ""the countryside"" or any implicitly isolated rural/wilderness area, regardless of topography or vegetation. Similar slang or colloquial words are ""the sticks"", ""the wops"", ""the backblocks"", or ""Woop Woop"" in Australia and New Zealand, ""bundu"" in South Africa (etymologically unrelated to ""boondocks"" or ""bundok""), and ""out in the tules"" in California. The diminutive ""boonies"" can be heard in films about the Vietnam War such as Brian De Palma's ""Casualties of War ""(1989) used by American soldiers to designate rural areas of Vietnam. ""Down in the Boondocks"" is a 1965 hit Billy Joe Royal"
"Bogan Bogan ( ) is Australian and New Zealand slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. Depending on the context, the term can be pejorative or self-deprecating. The prevalence of the term bogan has also been associated with changing social attitudes towards social class in Australia. Specifically, the term has been related to the decline of masculine conceptions of meritocracy in Australia, and a growing ambivalence towards traditional sites of working class culture. Since the 1980s, the bogan has become a very well-recognised subculture, often as an example of bad taste. It"
"the Australian Aboriginal Dhudhuroa word ""bugung"", meaning brown moth. Its presence has contributed to the naming of numerous locations and landmarks. For example, a town, Bogong, in the Australian state of Victoria has been named after the moth. Mount Bogong, located south of the Bogong High Plains, is also named after the moth, with its traditional name, ""Warkwoolowler"", meaning the mountain where Aboriginal people collected the 'boo.gong fly'. In the Australian state of New South Wales, a series of mountains in the Kosciuszko National Park are named the Bogong Peaks. Adult bogong moths have an overall dark brown coloration, with"
"chip"" instead of ""potato crisp"", ""licence plate"" for ""registration plate"", ""cellphone"" or ""cell"" for British and Australian ""mobile phone"" and ""mobile"", and ""ice block"" instead of British ""ice lolly"" (or Australian ""icy pole""). Directly borrowed American vocabulary include ""the boonies"", ""bucks"" (dollars), ""bushwhack"" (fell timber), ""butt"" (replacing British/Australian ""arse"" although ""arse"" can still be used), ""ding"" (dent), ""dude"", ""duplex"", ""faggot"" and ""fag"" (interchangeable with the British ""poof"" and ""poofter""), ""figure"" (to think or conclude; consider), ""hightail it"", ""homeboy"", ""hooker"", ""lagoon"", ""lube"" (oil change), ""man"" (in place of ""mate"" or ""bro"" in direct address), ""major"" (to study or qualify in a"
"Philippines, the word ""bundók"" is also a colloquialism referring to rural inland areas, which are usually mountainous and difficult to access, as most major cities and settlements in the Philippines are located in lowlands or near the coastline. Equivalent terms include the Spanish-derived ""probinsiya"" (""province"") and the Cebuano term ""bukid"" (""mountain""). When used generally, the term refers to a rustic or uncivilized area. When referring to people (""taga-bundok ""or ""probinsiyano"" in Tagalog; ""taga-bukid"" in Cebuano; English: ""someone who comes from the mountains/provinces""), it acquires a derogatory connotation of a stereotype of unsophisticated, ignorant, and illiterate country people. The term has"
"the mountain where Aboriginal people collected the ""boo.gong fly"". Additionally, in the Dhudhuroa language the word Bugung means the brown moth, referring to ""Agrotis infusa"". While ""Bogong"" in the local Aboriginal language is believed to mean ""bigfella"". The lower slopes of Mount Bogong are covered with tall forests of Alpine Ash (""Eucalyptus delegatensis"") to an altitude of about . From to , woodland and open woodland of Snow Gum (""Eucalyptus pauciflora"") dominate, and above , the vegetation consists of alpine shrubland, grassland and herbfield. Animals that live on Mount Bogong have all found some way to adapt to the environment"
"such as long socks, Hawaiian shirts and sandals, has the women in tank tops and hot pants quite unassociated with the dag archetype, and portrays typical bogan archetypes throughout the film of slovenliness, substance abuse and indiscriminate sex. Dag (subculture) Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also ""daggy"" (adjective) and dagging (verb, to behave in a daggy way). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing. It is also used to"
"country. ""Timbuktu"", which happens to be a real city, is often used to mean a place that is far away, in the middle of nowhere, and/or exotic. ""Podunk"" is used in American English for a hypothetical small town regarded as typically dull or insignificant, a place that you have likely never heard of, though still in the United States. Another example is ""East Cupcake"" to refer to a generic small town in the Midwestern United States. In New Zealand English, ""Wop-wops"" (alternatively ""Woop-woops"", or more rarely in Australian English, ""Woop-woop"") is the placeholder name for an out of the way"
"the topsoil and denuding the mountain above . The term ""monadnock"" has come to be used by American geologists to describe any isolated mountain formed from the exposure of a harder rock as a result of the erosion of a softer rock that once surrounded it (a landform termed """"inselberg"""" [""island-peak""] elsewhere in the world). The word ""monadnock"" is derived from an Abenaki word used to describe a mountain. Loosely translated, it means ""mountain that stands alone"", although the exact meaning of the word is uncertain. The term was adopted by early settlers of southern New Hampshire and later by"
"to the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War, when U.S. Army Green Berets began wearing them in the field, along with Australian and Army of the Republic of Vietnam units. These leopard spot or tigerstripe boonie hats were locally procured, and the camouflage cloth was usually salvaged from other uniform items, parachutes, or fabricated by a tailor. The name is derived from ""boonie"", the abbreviated form of boondocks (itself originally American military slang derived from Tagalog ""bundok"", ""mountain"", during the Philippine-American War). The hat was similar to the hat worn with the pattern 1941 HBT fatigue uniform. In"
"predominantly working class blue collar person – someone with little education, little taste, and very limited horizons. ""Westie"" is now in wide use in many cities and towns across both Australia and New Zealand, where it especially refers to the denizens of West Auckland. International: Concepts: Bogan Bogan ( ) is Australian and New Zealand slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. Depending on the context, the term can be pejorative or self-deprecating. The prevalence of the term bogan has also been associated with changing social attitudes towards social class in Australia."
"Bollocks ""Bollocks"" is a word of Middle English origin, meaning ""testicles"". The word is often used figuratively in colloquial British English and Hiberno-English as a noun to mean ""nonsense"", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to mean ""poor quality"" or ""useless"". Similarly, common phrases like """"Bollocks"" to this!"" and ""That's a load of old ""bollocks"""" generally indicate contempt for a certain task, subject or opinion. Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as ""the dog's ""bollocks"""" or more simply ""the ""bollocks"""" (as opposed to just """"bollocks""""), which will refer to something which is"
"(boot); turn signal (indicator/blinker); vacation (holiday); upscale/downscale (upmarket/downmarket); windshield (windscreen). Terms shared by British and American English but not so commonly found in Australian English include: abroad (overseas); cooler/ice box (Esky); flip-flops (thongs); pickup truck (ute); wildfire (bushfire). Australian English is particularly divergent from other varieties with respect to geographical terminology, due to the country's unique geography. This is particularly true when comparing with British English, due to that country's dramatically different geography. British geographical terms not in common use in Australia include: coppice (cleared bushland); dell (valley); fen (swamp); heath (shrubland); meadow (grassy plain); moor (swampland); spinney (shrubland); stream"
"also used adjectively and can describe objects that are pertaining to people who are themselves bogan (or Yobbo). Some elements of Aboriginal languages have been incorporated into Australian English, mainly as names for flora and fauna (for example koala, dingo, kangaroo). Some examples are ""cooee"" and ""yakka"". The former is a high-pitched call () which travels long distances and is used to attract attention, which has been derived from Dharug, an Aboriginal language spoken in the Sydney region. ""Cooee"" has also become a notional distance: ""if he's within cooee, we'll spot him"". ""Yakka"" means work, strenuous labour, and comes from"
"(creek); woods (bush) and village (even the smallest settlements in Australia are called ""towns"" or ""stations""). In addition, a number of words in Australian English have different meanings from those ascribed in other varieties of English. Clothing-related examples are notable. ""Pants"" in Australian English follows American usage in refer to British English ""trousers"" but in British English refer to Australian English ""underpants""; ""vest"" in Australian English pass also in American refers to British English ""waistcoat"" but in British English refers to Australian English ""singlet""; ""thong"" in both American and British English refers to underwear (otherwise known as a G-string), while"
"Bum steer To give a bum steer is a predominantly Australian, New Zealand and North American idiom that means to provide information, intentionally or unintentionally, that is incorrect, was unhelpful, or caused one to be led astray. The phrase is not generally regarded as pejorative. The idiom, as used in Australia and New Zealand, reached the United States in the 1920s probably after exposure to Australian troops on the Western Front during World War I, and is recorded in the UK since 1944. Its origin is possibly from 19th century American maritime humour and the difficulty of trying to steer"
"British English. The same is true for two other pairs, ""whilst"" and ""while"" and ""amidst"" and ""amid"". NZE terms of Australian origin include ""bushed"" (lost or bewildered), ""chunder"" (to vomit), ""dinkum"" (genuine or real), ""drongo"" (a foolish or stupid person), ""fossick"" (to search), ""jumbuck"" (sheep, from Australian pidgin), ""larrikin"" (mischievous person), ""Maccas"" (21st century slang for McDonald's food), ""maimai"" (a duckshooter's hide; originally a makeshift shelter, from aboriginal ""mia-mia""), ""paddock"" (field, or meadow), ""pom"" or ""pommy"" (an Englishman), ""skite"" (verb: to boast), ""station"" (for a very large farm), ""wowser"" (non-drinker of alcohol, or killjoy), and ""ute"" (pickup truck). Advancing from"
"English speaking countries, the word ""buggery"" has two quite specific and extremely negative meanings – one refers to the act of anal intercourse, and the other to the charge in law that proscribes that act. But in Australian English, the word ""buggery"" and its derivations have taken on a remarkably broad range of uses, many of which are generally understood as being slightly (and usually deliberately) exaggerated and comical in tone, and while probably considered somewhat ""common"", most of these usages are now quite broadly accepted and are in general not considered overly offensive. It was this peculiar Australian usage"
"than a pejorative term—akin to the nicknames ascribed within Australian English to other historically significant cultural groupings such as the English (""Poms""), the Americans (""Yanks"") and New Zealanders (""Kiwis""). In Canadian military slang used by combat arms units (that is, front line fighting forces), ""wog"" is a derogatory term for any rear echelon personnel and those who are not members of the combat arms. Duane Clarridge, a former CIA officer, explained that the term ""wog factor"" was used by the CIA ""to acknowledge that the motivations that shape decision-making in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent are"
"across the moors"" to ""walking through the veld."" By extension, the veld can be compared to the ""boondocks"" or those places ""beyond the black stump"" in Australia. There is a sense in which it refers in essence to unimproved land (and is therefore not the equivalent of the English paddock) and does not include areas used both for pastoral activities and the planting of crops. These areas are referred to as fields. The word is less appropriate for land that is heavily forested, mountainous, or urban. The simplest explanation will be to say the word ""veld"" means ""natural vegetation""; excluding"
"Clarke). Differentiated from ""bogans"", whose accents are presumed to indicate working class or uneducated origins, ""dag"" refers to being unfashionable, eccentric and fool-like and hence has no necessary ties with social class or educational background. The literal meaning is a dung-caked lock of wool around the hindquarters of a sheep – an abbreviation of ""daglock"". Originally a word meaning the dried faeces left dangling from the wool on a sheep's rear end, the word dag is more commonly used in colloquial Australian English to refer to someone's unfashionable, often eccentric or idiosyncratic style or demeanor together with poor social skills"
"Bugger Bugger or ""buggar"" is a swear word. In the United Kingdom, the term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or to refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing or perhaps surprising. In the US, particularly in the Midwest and South, it is a slang but not offensive noun meaning ""small critter."" The term is used in the vernacular British English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, Pakistani English, Canadian English, Caribbean English, Malaysian English and in Sri Lankan English. It is derived from Anglo-Norman bougre, which has also"
"its British and Australian English origins, New Zealand English has developed to include many Americanisms and American vocabulary in preference over British terms as well as directly borrowed American vocabulary. Some examples of American words used instead of British words in New Zealand English are ""bobby pin"" for British ""hair pin"", ""muffler"" for the British ""silencer"", ""truck"" for the British ""lorry"", ""station wagon"" for the British ""estate car"", ""stove"" over ""cooker"", ""creek"" over ""brook"", ""hope chest"" over ""bottom drawer"", ""eggplant"" instead of ""aubergine"", ""hardware store"" instead of ""ironmonger"", ""median strip"" for ""central reservation"", ""stroller"" for ""pushchair"", ""pushup"" for ""press-up"", ""potato"
"Dag (subculture) Dag is an Australian and New Zealand slang term, also ""daggy"" (adjective) and dagging (verb, to behave in a daggy way). In Australia, it is often used as an affectionate insult for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self-consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing. It is also used to describe an amusing, quirky and likeable person (as in, ""He's a bit of a dag"") and is non-pejorative. The term was more widely used in the 70s due to the popular New Zealand comedy of Fred Dagg (John"
"in Australian English it refers to British and American English ""flip-flop"" (footwear). There are numerous other examples, including ""biscuit"" which refers in Australian and British English to what in American English is ""cookie"" or ""cracker"" but to a savoury cake in American English; ""Asian"", which in Australian and American English commonly refers to people of East Asian heritage, as opposed to British English, in which it commonly refers to people of South Asian descent; and ""(potato) chips"" which refers both to British English ""crisps"" (which is not commonly used in Australian English) and to American English ""French fries"" (which is"
"dialects, may be found as a synonym for ""breeches"", that is, trousers. In these dialects, the term ""underdrawers"" is used for undergarments. Many North Americans refer to their undergarments by their type, such as ""boxers"" or ""briefs"". In Australia, men's underwear also has various informal terms including ""under-dacks"", ""undies"", ""dacks"" or ""jocks"". In New Zealand men's underwear is known as ""undies"", or ""y-fronts"". Various people in the fashion industry use the words ""trouser"" or ""pant"" instead of ""trousers"" or ""pants"". This is nonstandard usage. The words ""trousers"" and ""pants"" are ""pluralia tantum"", nouns that generally only appear in plural form—much"
"all the English judges to give their opinion, which was that they are domestic fowl. In Anglo-Indian usage of the 1850s, to peacock meant making visits to ladies and gentlemen in the morning. In the 1890s, the term ""peacocking"" in Australia referred to the practice of buying up the best pieces of land (""picking the eyes"") so as to render the surrounding lands valueless. The English word ""peacock"" has come to be used to describe a man who is very proud or gives a lot of attention to his clothing. Indian peafowl The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (""Pavo cristatus""),"
"Podunk The terms podunk or Podunk Hollow in American English denote or describe an insignificant, out-of-the-way, or fictitious town. It is often used in the upper case as a placeholder name, to indicate insignificance and lack of importance. The word ""podunk"" is of Algonquian origin. It denoted both the Podunk people and marshy locations, particularly the people's winter village site on the border of present-day East Hartford and South Windsor, Connecticut. Podunk was first defined in an American national dictionary in 1934, as an imaginary small town considered typical of placid dullness and lack of contact with the progress of"
"rough, with connotations of cutting off communication with the outside world – often as a means of evading capture or questioning by the police. The term ""bushwhacker"" is used in Australia and New Zealand to mean someone who spends his or her time in the bush. Another related term used in Australia is ""Sydney or the bush"", which equates with such terms as ""Hollywood or bust"" to mean staking total success or failure on one high-risk event. This usage appears in several ""Peanuts"" cartoons, causing Charlie Brown much confusion. In addition, many Vietnam War Veterans refer to the wilderness, jungle"
"American contacts with the Philippines. ""Buwisit"" (sometimes spelled ""bwisit""), borrowed from Hokkien (), is a Tagalog word meaning a misfortune, but also used in a mildly vulgar sense as a word for a nuisance. ""Hayop"" means 'animal' in English. If used as a sentence in Tagalog, ""Hayop ka."" means you're an animal. You're not human. Outcast. Or something that goes in the lines of that. ""Letse"" can loosely be translated to the English """"fuck off."""" It became popular when Spanish was still a language used by the major demographic on the country. ""Letse"" or ""Leche"" (spanish for ""milk"") is derived"
"awards for outstanding achievement by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. This usage is not exclusive to Aboriginal people. It is commonly heard in Ireland. Victorian era English word for ""pretend"". Still used by some Australian Aboriginal people to mean joking generally. Gammoning – usually pronounced ""Gam'in""'. This word is widely used across the Northern Territory of Australia by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and is now gaining usage elsewhere in Australia. Australian language expert, Sidney J. Baker, lists ""gammon"" used by ""whitefellas"" as ""falsehood"". ""Gubbah"" is a term used by some Aboriginal people to refer to white people. The"
"to the United Nations Command because of the insult. The term was even used in British Army dispatches during the Korean War; the posthumous Victoria Cross citation for Major Kenneth Muir, for the Battle of Hill 282, stated that his last words were: ""The Gooks will never drive the Argylls off this hill"". Although mainly used to describe non-European foreigners, especially East and Southeast Asians, it has been used to describe foreigners in general, including Italians in 1944, Indians, Lebanese and Turks in the '70s, and Arabs in 1988. This dual usage is similar to the offensive word wog in"