On "boondocks" mentioned recently, I was expecting our crew members from south of the Tropic of Capricorn, or thereabouts, to jump in and say that the word was merely a corruption of 'bundu' (a view long held by myself).
bundu: definition of bundu in Oxford dictionary (British & World English)
- but no, they had more sense .... and I was wrong, at least according to the Dons who seem to support the view that the similarity is coincidental rather than cognate, and boondocks is of separate Native American origin ....
I did enjoy reading, way back, the excellent survival guide by Colonel D. H. Grainger (Rhodesia Army), written with particular concern for pilots who might suffer the inconvenience of engine failure out there, which was entitled "
Don't die in the Bundu".
(I'm also glad to see that copies of his work remain available from that riparian supplier).