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1. • Useless, tedious, or unnecessary

     • Originally Military slang. Written or printed material that is perceived as useless, tedious, or unnecessary, as bureaucratic paperwork, advertising, etc.
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   What is bumf 1889 slang?

   • bumf1889– slang(originally in British public schools). Paper (of any kind). Now rare. special paper1960– (Chiefly in the United Kingdom) an examination taken in addition to the advanced level of the General Certificate of Education, formerly known as… View in Historical Thesaurus 2. 1912– Toilet paper. Now somewhat archaic. 1912

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   What do parliamentary agents say about 'bumf'?

   • The parliamentary agents, who have been able to send us fairly uninformative bumf, have not put forward one good thing to say about this chap or his company. He referred to my obsession for "bumf". Goodness knows to what use this bumf will be put—certainly not for the good or the customers of the business, or for the good of the country.

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   How many times does bumf occur?

   • bumftypically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. bumfis in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

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   Does goodness know what use this bumf will be put?

   • Goodness knows to what use this bumf will be put—certainly not for the good or the customers of the business, or for the good of the country. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   What does bum fodder mean?

   • 1. bum fodder1650– Toilet paper. Also occasionally: a piece of this. Cf. bumf, n. 2. arsewipe1677– Anything used to wipe oneself clean after defecation; (in later use chiefly) spec.toilet paper, or other paper used for this purpose. Cf. asswipe, n.… toilet paper1877–

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   What is an example of a bumfodder?

   • Official documents, regarded disparagingly. Pamphlets, forms, memorandums, or similar printed matter, especially when considered uninteresting or unimportant. Toilet paper. Shortened form of bumfodder. For example, the everyday contract " Please build my new school " covers 10 pages of contractual bumf.

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   BUMF definition: 1. printed information, such as an advertisement or official document, that is usually unwanted and…. Learn more.

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     BUMF meaning: 1. printed information, such as an...

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   • Bumf in Traditional Chinese

     bumf translate: （無用或乏味的）印刷品（如廣告宣傳單）. Learn more in the...

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     bumf translate: （无用或乏味的）印刷品（如广告宣传单）. Learn more in the...

   • Bummed

     BUMMED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of bum...

   • Bump

     BUMP definition: 1. to hit something with force: 2. to hurt...

   • Pronunciation in English

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   What does the noun bumf mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bumf . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Bumf consists of documents containing information which you may not need or find interesting. [ British , informal ] These days, we are bombarded with endless junk mail, fliers, and general bumf.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of BUMF. [noncount] British, informal. : material that is not important or interesting. a lot of public relations bumf about the company's new products.

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   Bumf definition: Pamphlets, forms, memorandums, or similar printed matter, especially when considered uninteresting or unimportant.

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   bumf. noun. /bʌmf/. /bʌmf/. (also bumph) [uncountable] (British English, informal) written information, especially advertisements, official documents, forms, etc., that seem boring or unnecessary. He threw away my letter, thinking it was just more election bumf. Word Origin.

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   Aug 6, 2024 · Noun. [edit] bumf (uncountable) (derogatory) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. (British, Ireland, obsolete) Toilet paper. Alternative forms. [edit] bumph. bumpfh. Translations. [edit] ± useless documents. See also. [edit] spam. unsolicited commercial email (UCE) junk mail