Boondocks 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
Tagalog language Chinese.) For example, when a person refers to the number "seven", it can be translated into Tagalog as ""pito"" or ""syete"" (Spanish: "siete"). Months and days in Tagalog are also localised forms of Spanish months and days. "Month" in Tagalog is "buwán" (also the word for moon) and "day" is "araw" (the word also means sun). Unlike Spanish, however, months and days in Tagalog are always capitalised. Time expressions in Tagalog are also Tagalized forms of the corresponding Spanish. "Time" in Tagalog is "panahon", or more commonly "oras". Unlike Spanish and English, times in Tagalog are capitalized whenever they appear