bumf
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bumf
or bumph (bŭmf)n. Chiefly British Slang
1. Pamphlets, forms, memorandums, or similar printed matter, especially when considered uninteresting or unimportant.
2. Toilet paper.
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bumf
(bʌmf) orbumph
n
1. informal derogatory superfluous documents, forms, publicity material, etc
2. slang toilet paper
[C19: short for earlier bumfodder; see bum1]
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bumf
(bʌmf)n. Brit.
1. official notices, memoranda, or the like.
2. Slang. toilet paper.
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Bumf, Bumph
British, documents collectively; waste or unnecessary documents collectively, 1899; [short for bumfolder ‘toilet paper’].Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | 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 |
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