Podunk

Origin

From Podunk, a mythical small town of no importance.

Full definition of podunk

Adjective

1. small, rural, and unimportant
• 2007, February 5, "We're not some podunk town anymore, "'A Super Bowl win can legitimize us as a town. We're not some small podunk town anymore,'" said Spencer Venable of Indianapolis.
• 2010, Round-Up Time: Pendleton Town Celebrates 100th!, Yes the beautiful time every year when this little podunk town 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, May 21 , You might live in a podunk town if... , You might live in a podunk town if...your Wal-Mart has a hitching post.

Synonyms

• backwater
• boonies
• jerkwater