Bumfuck, Egypt

English

Alternative forms

• BFE; bumfuck; bumfuck nowhere, Bumfuck, Nowhere; Bumfuck, Ohio; Bumfuck, Idaho; Bumfuck, Iowa; East Bumfuck Kansas

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bumfuck, Egypt

1. (vulgar, idiomatic, US, originally military slang) The middle of nowhere.
   • 1991, William H. Labarge, Hornet's Nest, page 96:

     One screwup and he could be splitting rocks on a chain gang somewhere in Bumfuck, Egypt.

Synonyms

• See: Thesaurus:remote place
• BFE
• Bumblefuck
• Woop Woop (Australia)
• beyond the black stump (Australia)
• back o' Bourke (Australia)

References

• Elting, John R., Dan Cragg, Ernest Deal (1984) A Dictionary of Soldier Talk, New York: Scribner, page 43