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Out in the Boondocks?
The other day, I was working on my fiction series and had one of my characters refer to the “boondocks.” My editor brain got to wondering whether I was using the best word to mean “a remote, unsophisticated rural area.” … Continue reading
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Tagged boondocks, etymology, Janice C Johnson, Luzon, Merchant Marine, Philippine Islands, redneck, southern slang, Tagalog, thesaurus
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