bumf

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.]

(bumf)

noun
1. Toilet paper.
2. Printed matter of little importance: documents such as corporate memos, governmental forms, junk mail, promotional pamphlets, etc.

Etymology
Short for bum fodder.

Usage
"A statement last week from Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa wasn't your usual bumf." — Note to the CE; Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong); May 10, 2001.

"More products or services may have to be offered with the kind of legalistic bumf that is now attached to computer software." — The End of Privacy: The Surveillance Society; The Economist (London, UK); May 1, 1999.

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[short for bum fodder]  Brit.  paperwork

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (British slang) toilet paper (often used for printed matter that might as well be used as toilet paper)
  Synonym: bumph

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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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