bumf
1. Printed matter, such as pamphlets, forms, or memorandums, especially of an official nature and deemed of little interest or importance.
2. Toilet paper.
Usage
So a medical translation is put through the linguistic hoops and the hourly rate reflects the cost; a bunch of bumf for a pamphlet perhaps gets just the once-over.
nzherald.co.nz Jul 23, 2012
Etymology
papers, paperwork," 1889, British schoolboy slang, originally "toilet-paper," from bum-fodder.
1. Printed matter, such as pamphlets, forms, or memorandums, especially of an official nature and deemed of little interest or importance.
2. Toilet paper.
Usage
So a medical translation is put through the linguistic hoops and the hourly rate reflects the cost; a bunch of bumf for a pamphlet perhaps gets just the once-over.
nzherald.co.nz Jul 23, 2012
Etymology
papers, paperwork," 1889, British schoolboy slang, originally "toilet-paper," from bum-fodder.
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