Citations:bumfluff

English citations of bumfluff

1. (Australia, British, New Zealand, derogatory) The first, sparse beard growth of an adolescent.
   • 2000, Eric Partridge, abridged by Jacqueline Simpson, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, 6th edition, London: Routledge, →ISBN:

     bum-fluff. That unsightly hair which disfigures the faces of pubescent boys; these unfortunate youths are often advised to smear it with butter and let the cat lick it off: Cockneys': late C. 19–20.

   • 2007, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, London: Routledge, →ISBN:

     bum-fluff noun 1 the soft facial hair of an adolescent boy. The image of sparsely spread hair on a backside UK, 1949. 2 empty talk; nonsense AUSTRALIA, 1945. 3 a contemptible man, especially one who is younger than, or of junior status to, the speaker UK, 2000.

   • 2008, John Ayto, John Simpson, editors, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 40:

     bum fluff noun Brit The incipient growth of hair on the face of an adolescent boy. 1961–. new musical express You must be a pretty crap Satan if you can only appeal to bumfluff-faced adolescent, social inadequates out to shock their mums (1995).

   • 2015, Tom Hoyle, “The Other Chapter 3 (Said in the Hour Before): Him”, in Survivor, London: Macmillan Children's Books, →ISBN:

     The others had character, but you're just fluff, Georgey. Bum fluff. / Did you like that? Bum fluff. HA!

   • 2015, John Miller, The Essential Lingo Dictionary of Australian Words and Phrases, Wollombi, N.S.W.: Exisle Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

     bum fluff Light hair growing on the face of an adolescent male.