Bumf
/bʌmf/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. derogatory, uncountable
"And as for the limited warnings on documents and signs – we are so used to reading this bumf we fail to realise when they mean business."
- 2 reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring wordnet
- 3 Toilet paper. British, Ireland, obsolete, uncountable
Example
More examples"And as for the limited warnings on documents and signs – we are so used to reading this bumf we fail to realise when they mean business."
Etymology
Clipping of bumfodder.