bumfuck
Americannoun
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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
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null 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)
noun
Etymology
Origin of bumfuck
First recorded in 1875–80; bum 2 ( def. ) + fuck ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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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