bumph
- noun
- /bʌmf/
- UK
:
papelería
- I had to sort through piles of bumph before I could find the important documents.
Examples
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If it weren't for the endless bumph, we might start asking what it is he actually does with his time.
Fiction book (1998) -
The office was cluttered with unnecessary bumph that nobody wanted to read.
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She complained about the amount of bumph included with the product, which only confused her.
Synonyms
84
4.6
Written material in books, magazines, or other printed items
16
3.5
Unimportant words in writing or speech
1
9.9
Unwanted papers or letters from offices that are boring to read
Paper documents that are not needed and waste time
Cheap, silly writing or shows that give little real information
How Useful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bumph comes from bumf, which is short for bum-fodder, a rude name for toilet paper ('fodder for the bum'). People then used the word for any useless printed paper, so today bumph means useless or boring written information.