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 its use in speeches by Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, the phrase "Putang ina mo" (sometimes shortened to "tang ina" or minced as "PI") has received considerable international attention and controversy as to its meaning. "" is a borrowed word from Spanish, in which language it means "whore". "Ina" is Tagalog for mother, while "mo" is the indirect second person singular pronoun. Therefore, if translated word-for-word, the phrase means "Your mother is a whore." However, most Tagalog speakers dispute this simplistic translation, instead alternately rendering the phrase as "son of a bitch" or as a variation of the word "fuck." According