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