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 profanity 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