Bumf

/bʌmf/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring wordnet
  3. 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.

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