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bumfuck

or bum-fuck

[ buhm-fuhk ]

noun

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

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

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

bumfuck

/ ˈbʌmˌfʌk /

noun

  1. taboo.
    a remote or insignificant place

    some guy from bumfuck, Iowa



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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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