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 the Philippines as part of the vocabularies of Philippine English. Tagalog has contributed several words to Philippine Spanish, like "barangay" (from "balan͠gay," meaning "barrio"), the "abacá", "cogon", "palay", "dalaga" etc. Below is a chart of Tagalog and a number of other Austronesian languages comparing thirteen words. Religious literature remains one of the most dynamic contributors to Tagalog literature. The first Bible in Tagalog, then called "Ang Biblia" ("the Bible") and now called "Ang Dating Biblia" ("the Old Bible"), was published in 1905. In 1970, the Philippine Bible Society translated the Bible into modern Tagalog. Even before the Second Vatican Council,