bumfuck

or bum-fuck

[ buhm-fuhk ]

noun

1. buttfuck ( defs 1, 2 ).
2. Bumfuck, Bumblefuck. (a nickname for a real or imaginary town, city, or other place considered to be remote, unsophisticated, or dull: often followed by the name of a region): I finally found a parking spot in Bumfuck, Egypt. You never know when you’ll end up stranded in bumfuck nowhere.

   They live way out in East Bumfuck.

   I finally found a parking spot in Bumfuck, Egypt.

   We got taken out to dinner at the only decent restaurant in Bumfuck, Idaho.

   You never know when you’ll end up stranded in bumfuck nowhere.

adjective

1. Bumfuck, Bumblefuck. (of a place) remote, unsophisticated, or dull:

   The tale is set in a bumfuck town on the endless Montana plains.

2. buttfuck ( def 5 ).

verb (used with object)

1. buttfuck ( def 7 ).

verb (used without object)

1. buttfuck ( def 9 ).

bumfuck

/ ˈbʌmˌfʌk /

noun

1. taboo.
   a remote or insignificant place

   some guy from bumfuck, Iowa

Word History and Origins

Origin of bumfuck¹

First recorded in 1875–80; bum ²( def ) + fuck ( def )

Example Sentences

But Vollie had stolen and hidden about twenty boxes from a Hercules drop he had helped unload, stolen because that is what a marine does, and secreted them in a hooch about fifty yards away under a case of toilet paper, and he jumped out of the trench and darted top speed at the hooch, which under the circumstances seemed as far away as bumfuck Egypt.

From The New Yorker

“Well, there you go, Buckeye from Bumfuck Nowhere,” Hackett said.

From Literature

Today we demonstrate our ability to raise excessive and ungodly amounts of cash while other candidates are still pattering about in bumfuck, Iowa somewhere.

From Salon