Podunk

See also: podunk

English

Etymology

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Alternative forms

podunk

Proper noun

Podunk

(US) Mythical small town of no importance.
- 2007 November 15, Scott Miller, “This verdict's already in: Bonds won't hit No. 763”, in CBS Sports‎:
  This isn't some Podunk charge in some Podunk court. Charged with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, Bonds, if convicted, could be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison.

Synonyms

(mythical small town of no importance): backwater, hog waller, hog island, hog town, jerkwater town, one-horse town

Translations

mythical small town of no importance

Danish: Østre Bøvelse
Italian: Vattelapesca

Polish: Pcim Dolny m (also an actual location), Pipidówka f
Russian: тьмутарака́нь (ru) (tʹmutarakánʹ), Мухосра́нск (ru) (Muxosránsk)

See also

Thesaurus:remote place

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