Bumfuck, Egypt
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- BFE; bumfuck; bumfuck nowhere, Bumfuck, Nowhere; Bumfuck, Ohio; Bumfuck, Idaho; Bumfuck, Iowa; East Bumfuck Kansas
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]- (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
[edit]- See: Thesaurus:remote place
- BFE
- Bumblefuck
- Woop Woop (Australia)
- beyond the black stump (Australia)
- back o' Bourke (Australia)
References
[edit]- Elting, John R., Dan Cragg, Ernest Deal (1984) A Dictionary of Soldier Talk, New York: Scribner, page 43