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bumf

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bumf or bumph  (bmf)
n. Chiefly British Slang
1. Printed matter, such as pamphlets, forms, or memorandums, especially of an official nature and deemed of little interest or importance.
2. Toilet paper.

[Short for bum fodder : bum + fodder.]

bumf, bumph [bʌmf]
n Brit
1. Informal, derogatory official documents, forms, etc.
2. Slang toilet paper
[short for earlier bumfodder; see bum1]

Bumf, Bumph British, documents collectively; waste or unnecessary documents collectively, 1899; [short for bumfolder ‘toilet paper’].
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bumf - reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
reading material, reading - written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Translations
bumf [bʌmf] N
1. (Brit) (pej) (= papers, information) → papeleo m, papeles mpl
2. (= lavatory paper) → papel m higiénico
bumf [ˈbʌmf] n (= forms) → paperasse f
bumf [bʌmf] n (fam) (documents, forms) → scartoffie fpl
bumf [bʌmf] n (fam) (documents, forms) → scartoffie fpl


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