Definition of Cairo

Cairo

noun

• any location inconveniently far away. See also Butt-Fuck, Egypt.

  Man, you live out in Cairo.

  • See more words with the same meaning: far away, rural area, boring place.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2002. Submitted by Chuck from WA, USA on Dec 20 2002.

origin

• One hypothesis is that the term comes from the region of southern Illinois known as "Little Egypt." One of its towns is Cairo. It is far away from Chicago both geographically and culturally.

  Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by fowler j. from Kansas City, MO, USA on Jul 29 1998.

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Other terms relating to 'far away, rural area, boring place':
Upper Rubber Boot	Definitions include: a placeholder name for a remote, unhip location.
boondocks	Definitions include: a place that is far from the current location.
Butt-f*cking, Egypt	Definitions include: a placeholder name for a location that is remote, uninteresting, or inhabited by detestable rural folk.
flyover country	Definitions include: in the United States, the land between the east and west coasts.
bumf*ck	Definitions include: an imaginary place where all the residents are hicks, rednecks, or otherwise backwards.
East Nowhere	Definitions include: any location inconveniently far away; "the middle of nowhere".
East Bumblef*ck	Definitions include: a location inconveniently far away.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
Butt-f*ck, Egypt	Definitions include: any location inconveniently far away; "the middle of nowhere".
middle of nowhere, the	Definitions include: a place far from civilization.
twittlef*ck	Definitions include: a general insult.
boonies, the	Definitions include: any place away from excitement.
Egypt	Definitions include: a very distant place.
sticks, the	Definitions include: a rural area.
BFE	Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt.
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