Dictionary

podunk en · ADJ

Etymology

From Podunk, a mythical small town of no importance, from Eastern Algonquian.

Meanings

1. (US) Small, rural, and unimportant.
   • Yes the beautiful time every year when this little podunk town [of Pendleton, Oregon] swells to four or five times her size with Round-Up feverish Cowboy types who chew, spit and chase four-legged critters around a screaming arena….check that….That’s normal… 2010, “Round-Up Time: Pendleton Town Celebrates 100th!”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 10 Oct 2011:
   • You might live in a podunk town if...your Wal-Mart has a hitching post. 2010 May 21, “You might live in a podunk town if...”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • "'A Super Bowl win can legitimize us as a town. We're not some small podunk town anymore,'" said Spencer Venable of Indianapolis. 2007 February 5, “"We're not some podunk town anymore”, in USA Today:

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Relateds

Podunk · remote place

Synonyms

jerkwater · backwater · drinkwater · boonies