
This really is the perfect word.
(And thanks to Anu Garg's A Word A Day)
bumf
PRONUNCIATION:
(bumf)
MEANING:
noun: Unwanted or uninteresting printed matter such as governmental forms, legal documents, junk mail, promotional pamphlets, etc.ETYMOLOGY:
Short for bum fodder, slang for toilet paper. Earliest documented use: 1889.USAGE:
"A mortgage loan can generate 200 pages of bumf, most of it so boring and repetitious that no one has the energy or the time to read it all."John Gilmour; Lenders Use The Hoover Principle; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jan 20, 2001.
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