For remote or exotic locations, Germans use , , (), ( = far away), ("where the pepper grows"). Other, somewhat derogatory terms for remote locations are ("arse of the world") or ("arse of the heath"). For towns or villages in the German-speaking world, or or just (lit. "cow village", somewhat derogatory) and (lit. "Little-Messy-Village"), (lit. "Little-you-don't-see-it"), / (usually implies some small, rural and old-fashioned village) or ( is German for "thing" and is a common ending of village names which is derived from meaning "church"); in Austria is also used. , which derives from usage in newspapers ("Mr. X from town Y. on the river Z."), is used occasionally. Other terms such as (lit.: "Somewhere-Else Spa upon Whatever [river]") have been suggested. For remote and rural places there is also the term (lit. "where fox and hare tell each other good night"). The abbreviation (short for in a Berlin accent that replaces /g/ with /j/), meaning "very far away", is used for remote towns or suburbs (far from the city center). Staycations are spent on (sounding like a country, "Balconia", but meaning one's balcony) or at (sounding like a spa, but means "my garden").
