bumfn.

Brit.

/bʌmf/, U.S.

/bəmf/

Forms: 1800s– bumf, 1900s bunf, 1900s– bumpf, 1900s– bumph.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bum fodder n.

Etymology: Shortened < bum fodder n.

colloquial.Not in widespread use in the United States.

1. slang (originally in British public schools). Paper (of any kind). Now rare.† bumf-hunt n. Obsolete (at Wellington College) a paperchase.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > paper

test-paper1827

examination paper1829

paper1835

exam paper1837

taste-paper1860

bumf1889

special paper1960

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 200/1 Bumf (schoolboys), paper... A bumf-hunt is a paper-chase.

1900 J. S. Farmer Public School Word-bk. App. 225 To buy a bumf, to purchase a newspaper. Math-bumf = mathematical paper.

1911 W. Elmhirst Freshman's Diary 24 Oct. (1969) 13 I used the J.C.R. writing room for first time. Very nice bumf much nicer to write on than what I got.

1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of our Lives xix. 97 Just a moment while I get a bit of bumph. What was the map reference again?

2. Toilet paper. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > lavatory paper

bum fodder1650

arsewipe1677

toilet paper1877

toilet roll1881

toilet tissue1887

lavatory paper1888

bumf1912

TP1940

asswipe1958

1912 V. Woolf Let. 16 Nov. (1976) II. 14 Is this letter written upon Bumf? It looks like it.

?1930 W. H. Auden Let. in Times Lit. Suppl. (2010) 18 June 32/1 You'd best tear up The Times Lit Supp For if you use its files As bumf, you'll get piles.

1968 J. Goodall Let. 24 Aug. in Beyond Innocence (2002) 95 He hates spilling. Points at the roll of bumf until we wipe it up.

1991 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 May They use bumf to remove makeup, blot lipstick, demist the bathroom mirror, wipe up children's spills and dust and clean around the loo.

3. Originally Military slang. Written or printed material that is perceived as useless, tedious, or unnecessary, as bureaucratic paperwork, advertising, etc. Also occasionally: worthless or inferior literature.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading matter

reading?c1225

reading matter1704

readable1848

legibles1864

bumf1917

society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > inferior

bum fodder1654

slosh1894

subliterature1906

bumf1917

pulp1928

1917 A. Horsfall Let. 22 Feb. in P. E. Hodgkinson Brit. Infantry Battalion Commanders in First World War (2015) vi. 124 The Bumf blizzard has commenced to blow in earnest. I have about 5 hours work in front of me answering papers.

1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 211 I shall get a daily pile of bumf from the Ministry of Mines.

1984 Economist 18 Feb. 14/1 Loans from international banks came with reams of legal bumph.

2014 Bucks Free Press (Nexis) 15 Apr. Marketing bumf that cascades into our letter box every week.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumf
释义	bumfn. Brit. /bʌmf/, U.S. /bəmf/ Forms: 1800s– bumf, 1900s bunf, 1900s– bumpf, 1900s– bumph. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bum fodder n. Etymology: Shortened < bum fodder n. colloquial.Not in widespread use in the United States. 1. slang (originally in British public schools). Paper (of any kind). Now rare.† bumf-hunt n. Obsolete (at Wellington College) a paperchase. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > paper test-paper1827 examination paper1829 paper1835 exam paper1837 taste-paper1860 bumf1889 special paper1960 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 200/1 Bumf (schoolboys), paper... A bumf-hunt is a paper-chase. 1900 J. S. Farmer Public School Word-bk. App. 225 To buy a bumf, to purchase a newspaper. Math-bumf = mathematical paper. 1911 W. Elmhirst Freshman's Diary 24 Oct. (1969) 13 I used the J.C.R. writing room for first time. Very nice bumf much nicer to write on than what I got. 1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of our Lives xix. 97 Just a moment while I get a bit of bumph. What was the map reference again? 2. Toilet paper. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > lavatory paper bum fodder1650 arsewipe1677 toilet paper1877 toilet roll1881 toilet tissue1887 lavatory paper1888 bumf1912 TP1940 asswipe1958 1912 V. Woolf Let. 16 Nov. (1976) II. 14 Is this letter written upon Bumf? It looks like it. ?1930 W. H. Auden Let. in Times Lit. Suppl. (2010) 18 June 32/1 You'd best tear up The Times Lit Supp For if you use its files As bumf, you'll get piles. 1968 J. Goodall Let. 24 Aug. in Beyond Innocence (2002) 95 He hates spilling. Points at the roll of bumf until we wipe it up. 1991 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 May They use bumf to remove makeup, blot lipstick, demist the bathroom mirror, wipe up children's spills and dust and clean around the loo. 3. Originally Military slang. Written or printed material that is perceived as useless, tedious, or unnecessary, as bureaucratic paperwork, advertising, etc. Also occasionally: worthless or inferior literature. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading matter reading?c1225 reading matter1704 readable1848 legibles1864 bumf1917 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > inferior bum fodder1654 slosh1894 subliterature1906 bumf1917 pulp1928 1917 A. Horsfall Let. 22 Feb. in P. E. Hodgkinson Brit. Infantry Battalion Commanders in First World War (2015) vi. 124 The Bumf blizzard has commenced to blow in earnest. I have about 5 hours work in front of me answering papers. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 211 I shall get a daily pile of bumf from the Ministry of Mines. 1984 Economist 18 Feb. 14/1 Loans from international banks came with reams of legal bumph. 2014 Bucks Free Press (Nexis) 15 Apr. Marketing bumf that cascades into our letter box every week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1889
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