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bumfuck

Or bum-fuck

[buhm-fuhk]

noun

  1. buttfuck.

  2. null Bumfuck, Bumblefuck. (a nickname for a real or imaginary town, city, or other place considered to be remote, unsophisticated, or dull: often followed by the name of a region): I finally found a parking spot in Bumfuck, Egypt. You never know when you’ll end up stranded in bumfuck nowhere.

    They live way out in East Bumfuck.

    I finally found a parking spot in Bumfuck, Egypt.

    We got taken out to dinner at the only decent restaurant in Bumfuck, Idaho.

    You never know when you’ll end up stranded in bumfuck nowhere.



adjective

  1. null Bumfuck, Bumblefuck. (of a place) remote, unsophisticated, or dull.

    The tale is set in a bumfuck town on the endless Montana plains.

  2. buttfuck.

verb (used with object)

  1. buttfuck.

verb (used without object)

  1. buttfuck.

bumfuck

/ ˈbʌmˌfʌk /

noun

  1. taboo,  a remote or insignificant place

    some guy from bumfuck, Iowa

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bumfuck1

First recorded in 1875–80; bum 2 ( def. ) + fuck ( def. )
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But Vollie had stolen and hidden about twenty boxes from a Hercules drop he had helped unload, stolen because that is what a marine does, and secreted them in a hooch about fifty yards away under a case of toilet paper, and he jumped out of the trench and darted top speed at the hooch, which under the circumstances seemed as far away as bumfuck Egypt.

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“Well, there you go, Buckeye from Bumfuck Nowhere,” Hackett said.

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Today we demonstrate our ability to raise excessive and ungodly amounts of cash while other candidates are still pattering about in bumfuck, Iowa somewhere.

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