back back country back of beyond back-country backcountry backwash backwater backwood backwoods backwoodsy boondock boondocks boorish borderland brush bush bush country bushveld churlish cloddish clodhopping clownish countrified country-born country-bred farmerish forests from the sticks frontier hayseed heartland hick hicky hinterland hobnailed inland inlands inshore interior inurbane loutish lumpen lumpish mediterranean midland midlands outback outpost rube sticks sylvan the bush timbers uncouth uncultivated uncultured uninhabited region unpolished unrefined virgin virgin land virgin territory waste wasteland wild wild West wilderness wilds woodland woodlands woods yokel yokelish