bumf

[buhmf] /bʌmf/

noun, British

Slang. toilet paper.

memoranda, official notices, or the like.

Origin

1885-90; short for bumfodder. See bum², fodder¹

Examples from the web for bumf

The immediate result was perhaps the earliest recorded whinges from journalists about being bombarded with tendentious bumf.

British Dictionary definitions for bumf

/bʌmf/

noun (Brit)

(informal, derogatory) superfluous documents, forms, publicity material, etc

(slang) toilet paper

Word Origin

C19: short for earlier bumfodder; see bum1

Word Origin and History for bumf

"papers, paperwork," 1889, British schoolboy slang, originally "toilet-paper," from bum-fodder.

Slang definitions & phrases for bumf

noun

Paper; paperwork; toilet paper •Chiefly British: Most of the bumf he handles himself

[1880+ British schoolboys; fr bum fodder]