jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jerkwater (plural jerkwaters)
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
jerkwater (comparative more jerkwater, superlative most jerkwater)
(US, colloquial, pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
• See: remote place
Source: Wiktionary
29 June 2025
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
