a coined
term for a person from
Podunk, meaning a fictitious small country village or town (
thought of as insignificant and out of
contact with the progress of the
world). The
term Podunk originated with a small tribe of
Indians who lived around the
Podunk River (a river located in Hartford County in the
state of Connecticut, USA). In their
language Podunk meant a
corner of land, and several places in the northeast United
States were
given this name. It later came to be used as a name for an imaginary, insignificant, out-of-the-way town or a typical small town.