ISOLATE, ISOLATED, ISOLATION
ADJECTIVES
► ALONE of a person, place, etc.: isolated, lonely, solitary → 1921 colloq.
► BUSHED isolated, feeling the effects of ‘cabin fever’ → 1941 Amer. dial.
► ICED isolated, ignored → 1970s African-American sl.
► PODUNK worthless, lost, isolated → 1968 US students’ sl.
NOUNS
► BUM-FUCK a fictitious place characterized as remote, rural, isolated, or boring → 1972 US, orig. military usage
► MIDDLE OF NOWHERE an isolated place → 1990 sl. (Bk.)
► SINGLENESS the fact of standing alone; solitude, solitariness, isolation → 1805
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