Bumfuck en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From bum + fuck.
Meanings
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(US, vulgar) An imaginary place in the middle of nowhere.
All nine passengers and crew died yesterday when a twelve-seater Sikorsky helicopter operated by Doom Air crashed in a really big ball of flames shortly after takeoff from Bumfuck Nowhere regional airport.
2007, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs, page 53Sedona was way too public when it came to that sort of thing, since so many of its visitors were there to actively look for UFO activity. Better to scoop up your anal-probe victims in East Bumfuck, Kansas, or something.
2013, Christine Pope, Angel Fire, page 149:One screwup and he could be splitting rocks on a chain gang somewhere in Bumfuck, Egypt.
1991, William H. Labarge, Hornet's Nest, page 96:The point is the people who pay for the system are not incentive enough to get SEPTA's ass in gear. The incentive is coming from someone from East Bumfuck, Kansas going to the Rep. Convention who may or may not ride the subway.
1999 April 19, Karen Byrd, “The offensiveness of SEPTA”, in phl.transportation (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumfuck, Minnesota | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bumfuck | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Bumfuck, Egypt | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (30)
ru Мухозаси́женск (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · it in culo al nulla (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · no Gokken (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · it in culo ai lupi (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · yi האָצעפּלאָץ (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Усть-Залу́пинск (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr Outsiplou (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · it Culonia (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr Trifouilly-les-Oies (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · pl zadupie (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · de Arsch der Welt (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Сколеновста́нск (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Гадю́кино (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru у чёрта на кули́чках (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · nl Schubbekutteveen (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · sh vukojebina (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr Tombouctou (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru тьмутарака́нь (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · de Hintertupfingen (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru за три́девять земе́ль (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr coin (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · pt cu do Judas (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Быдлогра́д (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr Saint-Loinloin de Pas-Proche (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru ебеня́ (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru у чёрта на рога́х (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · fr Tataouine (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Зажо́пинск (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru жо́па (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) · ru Мухосра́нск (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere)