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
Batangas Tagalog the use of "pô" and "opò" (the more-common variant in other Tagalog-speaking regions). Batangas Tagalog Batangas Tagalog (more properly Batangan, Batangeño, or Batangenyo ), is a dialect of the Tagalog language that is spoken primarily in the province of Batangas and in portions of Quezon, Laguna and on the island of Mindoro. It is characterized by a strong accent and a vocabulary and grammar that is closely related to Old Tagalog. . It is not customary, in colloquial Batangan, to speak Taglish (or to infuse English terms, like in Manila Tagalog). The most recognizable difference is the use of the