2 December 2017

bumf

[buhmf]

noun, British.

1. Slang. toilet paper. ‘We have plenty of bumf for the camping trip’.
2. memoranda, official notices, or tedious printed material. ‘Most of the mail was bumf’.

Origin of bumf

1885-1890; short for bumfodder. See bum2, fodder

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Today’s quote

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

– Thomas Aquinas

On this day

2 December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

2 December 1972 – death of Yip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu grand-master. Immortalised in the movie, Ip Man. Born 1 October 1893.