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n. Chiefly British Slang
  1. Printed matter, such as pamphlets, forms, or memorandums, especially of an official nature and deemed of little interest or importance.
  2. Toilet paper.

[Short for bum fodder : BUM2 + FODDER.]


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[short for bum fodder]  Brit.  paperwork
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IN BRIEF: n. - Toilet paper; paperwork.

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Also bumph Also bumph
noun

Toilet paper; hence (esp. somewhat contemptuously), paper, documents collectively. (1889 —) .
M. K. Joseph Matthews is bringing the bumf...He says be sure and type it on Army Form A2 (1957).

[Short for older bumfodder: see bum1 noun.]


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dødssyge papirer, dødssyge dokumenter

Nederlands (Dutch)
paperassen, wc-papier

Français (French)
n. - paperasserie, papier toilette

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Papierkram, (Slang) Klopapier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) (Βρετ.) χαρτομάνι, χαρτοβασίλειο, χαρτί τουαλέτας
abbr. - (καθομ.) (Βρετ.) χαρτί τουαλέτας

Italiano (Italian)
cartaccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - papelada (f), material (m) impresso sem valor

Русский (Russian)
документы, бумаги

Español (Spanish)
n. - papeleo, papel higiénico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - toapapper, dasspapper
abbr. - pappersjobb

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
卫生纸, 公文, 纸

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 衛生紙, 公文, 紙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 화장지, 서류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - トイレットペーパー, 公文書

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أوراق خاصه الرسميه منها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נייר טואלט, ניירת‬


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