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Timbuktu 

1.) A city in the country of Mali, which is in Western Africa. Was once a major trade city and centre for Islamic religion in the 15th and 16th centuries. Mostly used nowadays as an expression, when people want to emphasise how isolated, inaccessible, far away or in the middle of nowhere a place is.

2.) A place that you didn't think actually existed, but it does.
Person 1: "You never come around to my house anymore."
Person 2: "Ho, that's because you live all the way out in Timbuktu."
Person 1: "That place doesn't even exist."
Person 2: "Does so."

*Person 1 goes to look it up*

Person 1: So it does!
Timbuktu by Lyosha May 11, 2009

what in the timbuck fuck

A silly little exclamatory phrase made by the reaction YouTuber Ryth
Ryth: “My Fortnite GIRLFRIEND wanted to SHOWER with ME” what in the timbuck fuck am I getting into?—-

Timbuktu 

A city in Mali, although it usually just refers to the middle of nowhere, or somewhere very far away.
"That's, like, all the way in Timbuktu!"
Timbuktu by CoolCrafter February 8, 2021

Timbuktu 

(noun) A city in the West African nation of Mali, known for its extreme inaccessibility. Now it is used to mean any extremely distant and inaccessible location.
We used to have each other over for dinner on a regular basis, but then she moved out to Timbuktu, and we haven't done it since.
Timbuktu by Moshe Jacobson November 9, 2004

timbukthree 

The middle of nowhere; really far away.

When used to describe location, equivalent to BFE (Butt Fuck, Egypt).

Note: Timbukthree isn't always used to describe location in the traditional sense. See examples.
Example 1: We could go to my house, but I live out in Timbukthree.

Example 2: Man, He's gonna kick your ass from here to Timbukthree...
timbukthree by Rick Ford March 30, 2008

Timbuktu 

Filipino term for anywhere or the extreme part of somewhere.
Termed after the city of Timbuktu, in Mali.
Announcer: Kahit nasaan ka man, mula, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, o kahit nasa Timbuktu ka man.
Timbuktu by Kay Tutan Tayo December 12, 2018
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