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bumf

[buhmf] Origin

bumf

[buhmf]
noun British.
1.
Slang. toilet paper.
2.
memoranda, official notices, or the like.

Origin:
1885–90; short for bumfodder. See bum2, fodder1
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Bumf is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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bumf or bumph (bʌmf)
 
n
1.  informal, derogatory superfluous documents, forms, publicity material, etc
2.  slang toilet paper
 
[C19: short for earlier bumfodder; see bum1]
 
bumph or bumph
 
n
 
[C19: short for earlier bumfodder; see bum1]

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Word Origin & History

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