bumf
pronunciation
How to pronounce bumf in British English:
UK [bʌmf]
How to pronounce bumf in American English:
US [bʌmf]
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- Noun:
- toilet paper (often used for printed matter that might as well be used as toilet paper)
Word Origin
- bumf
- bumf: [20] The earliest, literal, but now long discontinued sense of bumf is ‘toilet paper’ (first recorded in 1889), which does much to elucidate its origin: it is short for bum fodder. The element of contempt is carried over into its modern meaning, ‘unwanted or uninteresting printed material’, which dates from around 1930.
- bumf (n.)
- "papers, paperwork," 1889, British schoolboy slang, originally "toilet-paper," from bum-fodder.
Example
- 1. This , however , may have just been marketing bumf .
- 2. If need not bumf , use little hand child .
- 3. Cleanness : no trace on the bumf no matter how you rub .
- 4. And you should also make sure the bumf in the toilet is enough .
- 5. Haunted : you feel you did it and there 's trace on the bumf , but nothing can be seen in the commode .