bumf
Americannoun
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Slang. toilet paper.
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memoranda, official notices, or the like.
noun
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informal superfluous documents, forms, publicity material, etc
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slang toilet paper
Etymology
Origin of bumf
1885–90; short for bumfodder. See bum 2, fodder ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The basic point all this bumf is intended to illustrate is presented in a four-page A5 leaflet.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2018
But volumes of marketing bumf slumped during the euro crisis.
From Economist • Oct. 12, 2015
He is now on the make as a staff major, a virtuoso of bumf, and he chews poor Jenkins' ear in a war of total paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
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