Jerkwater (Adjective)
Meaning
Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The jerkwater town was so small that it didn't even have a traffic light.
- He attended a jerkwater college in the middle of nowhere.
- The jerkwater airport was only served by a single small airline.
- The jerkwater town's economy was struggling to stay afloat.
- The jerkwater village was so isolated that it was only accessible by dirt road.