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
Austronesian hypothesis related to factors of population, growth, and instability of agriculture. There is no archaeological evidence which allows us to view trade as a major factor of early Austronesian language expansion. One of the most prevalent theories states that the Austronesian speakers moved south from Taiwan and through the Philippines and Indonesia. Later, they crossed the Indian and Pacific Oceans into Madagascar and Hawaii. This is called the “Out-of-Taiwan” model. In this theory, Bellwood argues that the movement of people from Taiwan had a significant impact on culture, language, and people as the language spread. He also states that individual islands