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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.

[Short for bum fodder : bum + fodder.]
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bumf

(bʌmf) or

bumph

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.
[1885–90; short for bumfodder. See bum2, fodder]
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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.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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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Translations

bumf

[bʌmf] N
1. (Brit) (pej) (= papers, information) → papeleo m, papeles mpl
2. (= lavatory paper) → papel m higiénico
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bumf

[ˈbʌmf] n (= forms) → paperasse f
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bumf

[bʌmf] n (fam) (documents, forms) → scartoffie fpl
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All that leadership bumf, thrown at us from all directions, must have had its effect--largely negative, I suspect, given what happened in the following decade.
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Anger was also expressed with the "eyewash" and "bumf" of military authorities, with the Australian troops concerned to get "the dinkum", the "dinkum oil", the "good oil" or the "good guts".
It provides sports, shopping and entertainment all in one building to create "the ultimate destination", as the PR bumf says.
(Although I did figure out that a "sleeping policeman" is not a Boston cop collecting overtime but a, traffic bump, what is a "yob" or "bumf"?) Nick brings Miranda, his teenage daughter by his first marriage, to the house he has just bought with his second wife Fran; living with them are Gareth, Fran's son by a previous liaison, and Nick and Fran's toddler, Jasper.
The secular Lord Chesterfield, however, had no hesitations about treating literature as bumf. Urging time-discipline upon his recalcitrant son, he told a little tale:
They have to keep him to sign the bumf. Meanwhile they get particulars of all our agents.
How can a nurse or assistant with four weeks' worth of bumf decide who is ill or not?
Alternatively, if there is a pre-paid envelope enclosed, put the bumf in it and post it back.
That's what it should say on the Estate Agent's bumf for Home Alfie needs a new | |home for his family Farm which is now up for sale.
The Tussock Jumper PR bumf describes it as a "unique wine brand consisting of 16 varietal wines made by top producers from 11 origins worldwide".