English

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Bumfuck, Egypt

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

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

Synonyms

• See: Wikisaurus:remote place
• Bumblefuck
• Woop Woop (Australia)
• the Black Stump (Australia)

References

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