bumf
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /bʌmf/
bumf (uncountable)
- (British, obsolete) Toilet paper.
- (pejorative) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
- 2006: Quest, Richard, A Sour Taste in the Mouth, CNN.com, October 28, 2006
- 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.
- 2006: Quest, Richard, A Sour Taste in the Mouth, CNN.com, October 28, 2006
- French: paperasse
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