English Explanatory Dictionary

jerkwater town

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.

Word forms

jerkwater town jerkwater towns

Etymology

See jerkwater.

Synonyms

tank town one-horse town Podunk Isolated town bump in the road jerkwater jerk-water jerkwater town wide spot in the road Isolated place arse end of nowhere back of beyond back forty backcountry backwater backwoods beyond the black stump boondock boondocks boonies bumfuck middle of nowhere bumfuck nowhere dullsville edge of the earth edge of the world ends of the earth ends of the world hinterland middle of nowhere north forty off the beaten track out of the way sticks the sticks Actual places back o' Bourke Outer Mongolia Timbuktu Tuktoyaktuk Fictional places Anytown BFE Bumblefuck Bumfuck Egypt Idaho Iowa Kansas Minnesota Nowhere Ohio Buttfuck East Bumfuck East Jesus Hicksville Nowheresville Squedunk Whateverville wop-wops Woop Woop
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