REMOTE, REMOTELY
ADJECTIVES
► ABACK-O’-BEHIND far away, remote → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARCTIC of a person, place, or thing: icy, remote, desolate → 1593
► BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote → 1886 Sc.
► BACK-A-BUSH far away, deep in the country, in the ‘back of beyond’ → 20C W. Indies & Jamaica
► BEYOND THE BEYOND unexpected, incredible, out of the way → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► CUT-OFF shut out, excluded, remote → 1894
► DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote → 1611 Eng. dial.
► DISTANTIAL distant, remote → 1648
► ECCENTRIC of a locality: remote from the centre; out of the way → 1800 obs.
► ELENGE remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FARTHERMORE more remote → 1610 obs.
► FURTHERMOST most distant or remote → 1765
► JERKWATER of a place: insignificant, remote, backwoodsy → 1897 Amer. dial.
► LUNGETEYN distant, remote → c1330 obs.
► OUT IN THE CACTUS in a very remote area → 1963 NZ sl.
► SAVAGE remote from society; solitary → 1667 obs.
► TWICE OUT OF SIGHT somewhat remote; beyond visibility → 1960 Amer. dial.
► WAFF out-of-the-way, carelessly inaccessible → 1874 Sc.
► WANDERING of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote → 1600 obs.
ADVERBS
► BEHIND GOD SPEED at an out-of-the-way place → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► EMINOUSLY remotely, distantly → 1657 obs.
► PLUMB NELLIE in a remote place → 1941 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ARSEHOLE a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting; the most remote or least attractive part of a specified region → 1926
► ARSEHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE, THE a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting; the most remote or least attractive part of a specified region → 1950
► ARSEHOLE OF THE WORLD, THE a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting; the most remote or least attractive part of a specified region → 1999
► ASS-END the most remote or hateful place or position → 1960 Amer. sl.
► ASS-END OF NOWHERE nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place → 1920s US sl.
► ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position → 1972 Amer. sl.
► ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position → 1960 Amer. sl.
► ASSHOLE a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting; the most remote or least attractive part of a specified region → 1918 US sl.
► ASSHOLE OF CREATION, THE a detestable place; a remote, desolate place → 1926 Amer. sl.
► ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD, THE a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting; the most remote or least attractive part of a specified region → 1966 US sl.
► BACK BLOCK the country outside the margin of the settled districts → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BACK BLOCKS land in the remote and sparsely-inhabited interior; also, land distant or cut off from a river-front → 1872 Aust.
► BACK O’ BEHINT an utterly remote spot → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BACK O’ BEYOND a remote, obscure place → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BACK OF BOURKE ► BACK OF BURKE a long way away, a place far away → 20C sl.
► BACK OF GOD-SPEED a very remote place, out of the way → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► BACK OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BACK O’ SUNSET a long way away, a place far away → 20C sl.
► BACKSIDE OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BAFUFF ► BALFUFF ► BALLFUFF ► BELFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified → 1897 Sc.
► BANDYWALLOP an imaginary remote town → 1996 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BEYOND THE BEYOND a very out-of-the-way place → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► B.F.A. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Africa) → 1980s US students’ sl.
► B.F.E. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Egypt) → 1980s US students’ sl.
► BLACK STUMP a very remote region → 2007 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOAY ► BOO-EYE a remote country district → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOOHAL the remote rural districts → M20 NZ colloq.
► BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place → 1956 Amer. dial.
► BRANCHHEAD a remote rural area, usually in reference to it as a political force → 1947 Amer. dial.
► BUGGER’S WOODS an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BULLAMAKANKA an imaginary remote town → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BUMBLEFUCK anywhere categorized as very far away → 1980s US students’ sl.
► BUM-FUCK a fictitious place characterized as remote, rural, isolated, or boring → 1972 US, orig. military usage
► BUSHES, THE an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUTT-FUCK a small, remote, rural town, esp. one characterized as undistinguished or insignificant → 1977
► CABBAGE-PATCH a place or thing of little importance; an out-of-the-way place → 1862 Amer. sl.
► CACTUS a remote place, the backblocks → 1944 Aust. sl.
► COW PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DEATH O’ DAY anywhere considered by the speaker very far away or inaccessible → 1900s Aust. sl.
► DOG CORNER an out-of-the-way or very unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOG HOLLER an out-of-the-way or very unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOGPATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DOGTAIL CORNERS an out-of-the-way or very unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOG TOWN a small, out-of-the-way place; a poor or depressed section of a town → 1838 Amer. dial.
► DOG-TROT HOLLOW a small or out-of-the-way place → 1935 Amer. dial.
► DO-LITTLE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► EAST HELL anywhere considered far away, unpleasant, and culturally alien → 1930s US sl.
► EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1984 Amer. dial.
► EAST JESUS ► EAST JESUS NOWHERE the outback → 1961 US sl.
► EAST JESUS, KANSAS an out-of-the-way place, a small town → 1950s sl.
► ECCENTRICITY the condition of not being centrally situated; distance from the centre → 1825 obs.
► END OF COMEBACK an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► END OF NOWHERE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FALL-OFF an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FIFTH AND JAPIP an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1984 Amer. dial.
► GADFLY a small or remote hamlet or railway station → 1906 Amer. dial.
► GOBBLER HILL a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GOBBLER’S KNOB a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place → 1935 Amer. dial.
► HECKER a remote or out-of-the-way place → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HELL-FOR-CERTAIN a nickname for some out-of-the-way or rundown place; a seedy place → 1931 Amer. dial.
► HELL’S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HELL’S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive → 1874 Amer. dial.
► HELL’S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place → 1954 Amer. dial.
► HELL’S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HELL’S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HENPECK a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HOBOKEN an insignificant, out-of-the-way place → 20C US sl.
► HOLE IN THE ROAD a small, insignificant, remote place → M19 US sl.
► HOLE IN THE WALL a small, insignificant, remote place → M19 US sl.
► JABIB ► JABIP an imaginary, extremely remote place → 1983 Amer. dial.
► JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place → 1635
► JOT-‘EM-DOWN a remote or a very small or unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KINGDOM COME a remote place → 1960 Amer. dial.
► LAND’S END an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LAST CHANCE an out-of-the-way or unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial. jocular
► MARLBORO COUNTRY rough or remote country; wilderness → 1968 US sl.
► MIDDLE OF NOWHERE a remote or inaccessible place → 1910
► MUTTONBURG a nickname for a small, out-of-the-way town → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MUTTONJERK a nickname for a small, out-of-the-way town → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MUTTONTOWN a nickname for a small, out-of-the-way town → 1951 Amer. dial.
► MUTTONVILLE a nickname for a small, out-of-the-way town → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NAR NAR GOON any small, insignificant, out-of-the-way place → 1918 Aust. sl.
► NARROW PLACE IN THE ROAD a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way settlement → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NESTERSVILLE a small, out-of-the-way settlement → 1880 US Western sl.
► NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the confines of civilization; in Queensland, the occupied pastoral land furthest from the more settled districts → 1890 Aust. sl.
► NOWHERESVILLE any remote, dull place → 1963 US sl.
► ONE-HORSE TOWN a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OODNAGALAHBI ► OODNAGALLABI an imaginary, out-of-the-way, uncivilized place → 1968 Aust. sl.
► OODNAWOOP-WOOP an imaginary, out-of-the-way, uncivilized place → 1968 Aust. sl.
► OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away → 20C sl.
► OUT BACK O’ SUNSET a long way away, a place far away → 20C sl.
► OWL SHIT JUNCTION any extremely remote town → 1977 US sl.
► PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PEANUT ROW a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► PEANUTSVILLE a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PLUMB NEARLY a name for an out-of-the-way place → 1942 Amer. dial.
► POCHUCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PODOCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place → 1971 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1840 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK CENTRE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1901 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK HOLLOW a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PODUNKIA a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1916 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK JUNCTION a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PODUNKVILLE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1916Amer. dial.
► POSSUM BEND a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM FLAT a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1906 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM HOLE a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM HOLLOW a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1869 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM QUARTERS a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM TROT a nickname for a remote or insignificant place, or a poor or depressed part of a town → 1869 Amer. dial.
► PUCKEY-HUDDLE an out-of-the-way place → 1930 Amer. dial.
► RABBIT PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCRATCH-ANKLE ► SCRATCH-ANKLE HOLLER an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SIX-FINGER COUNTRY a remote area in which the inhabitants are imagined to be inbred → Aust. sl.
► SKUNK HOLLOW a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKUNK CITY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKUNK’S MISERY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1847 Amer. dial.
► SKUNK’S NECK a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKUNKTOWN a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1875 Amer. dial.
► SKUNK VALLEY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNAKENAVEL ► SNAKE’S NAVEL an imaginary, extremely remote town → 1976 Amer. dial.
► STICKS, THE rural or suburban places → 1905 US sl.
► TALL GRASS an extremely remote location → 1981 US circus and carnival usage
► TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community → 1895 Amer. dial.
► TIGER COUNTRY remote, uncultivated country → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TURKEY TROT a remote or insignificant place → 1905 Amer. dial.
► TURKEY RUN a remote or insignificant place → 1906 Amer. dial.
► TURKEY TOWN a remote or insignificant place → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WAYBACKS, THE remote rural districts → 1984 NZ colloq. (Bk.)
► WEST HELL anywhere considered far away, unpleasant, and culturally alien → 1930s US sl.
► WILLIWACKS, THE ► WILLYWACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area → 1972 Amer. dial.
► WILLOW-WACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area → 2002 Amer. dial.
► WILLYWAGS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WOOP WOOP any remote or backward town or district; an imaginary remote place → 1918 Aust. sl.
► WOP-WOPS any remote town or district → 1984 NZ colloq. (Bk.)
►TULLIES, THE remote or rural areas → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACK-BLOCKER 1. an inhabitant of regions remote from settled areas → 1870 Aust. sl.
2. a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand → 1910 NZ sl.
► BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area → c1920 Aust. colloq.
► BACK-SETTLER one who lives in the back settlements of a colony or new country; a settler in the backwoods → 1809
► BOONDOCK someone who comes from the boondocks → 1965 Amer. dial
► BUSH BUNNY a woman from a remote area; a naive, unsophisticated woman → 2004 Fiji sl.
► BUSHWACKER ► BUSHWHACKER a person who lives in a remote wooded area → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► JERK a remote or insignificant person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JERK IN THE ROAD a remote or insignificant person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JERK TOWN a remote or insignificant person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SAGEBRUSHER a resident of a remote place → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BACK OF THE BLACK STUMP in a remote region → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WHERE THE CROWS FLY BACKWARDS TO KEEP THE DUST OUT OF THEIR EYES any remote outstation → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE the place referred to is very remote and the route hard to describe → 1930s