Dogpatchn.
/ˈdɒɡpatʃ/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌpætʃ/, /ˈdɑɡˌpætʃ/ U.S.
(The type of) an unsophisticated, impoverished rural community.
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society > society and the community > [noun] > a community > other types of community
churchOE
phalanx1602
republic1610
phalanstery1839
faith community1896
technocracy1925
plural community1939
Dogpatch1946
discourse community1972
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area
nookc1480
out-country1639
outland1645
remoteness1694
backwoods1709
back county1775
remote1838
Mountains of the Moon1852
nowhere1871
the sticks1899
way back1901
downstate1905
back o' Bourke1918
far-back1926
woop woop1926
boohai?1946
bundu1946
Dogpatch1946
outback1954
toolies1961
upstate1965
Watford1973
1946 Eng. Jrnl. 35 388/2 It might seem that L'il Abner, age eighteen, who signs his paper ‘Writ by hand’ is no funnier than the L'il Abners in every classroom forced to remain forever in Dogpatch.
1951 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 6 May 9/2 The heroine is sultry young Fancy Williamson, fresh out of Dogpatch to make her fortune among the quality.
1976 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 1/5 Many Northerners used to think of the states below the 37th parallel as a vast Dogpatch fit only for the nation's amusement and contempt.
1992 D. Krane & S. Shaffer Mississippi Governm. & Politics i. 20 The ‘Dogpatch’ character of county life stems from the poverty of the land and enormous resistance to change.
2004 Brandweek 21 June s12/2 In the 1960s, Mountain Dew was a hillbilly brand. TV ads showed rowdy cartoon characters in some dogpatch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1946