Meanings
bumfuck1
comparative more bumfuck · comparative bumfucker · superlative most bumfuck · superlative bumfuckest
- derogatoryslangvulgarUndesirable or held in contempt.
That sounds more like your bum-fuck nonsense than mine.
2007, Lori Handeland, Hidden Moon, page 42 more examples
Someone, let's say Boris Yeltsin's bum-fuck girlfriend, is part of a syndicate—you know, Russian Mob, say.
2003, Ken Morris, Man in the Middle, page 168[Jackson Securities] did a ton of Internet crap before the sector went baballoo. You know, companies with [absolutely no value], but with dot com at the end of their name[s]. We take a million shares of Bum Fuck Dot Com at ten bucks. […]
ibidem, page 78 - derogatoryslangvulgarIsolated; far; remote.
So now, some kid from some village in the bumfuckest of global nowhere, has that library in their hands and they will do things with it.
2024 April 1, u/vampy_bat- (OP), [deleted user] (quoted commenter), “Isn’t it insane we have the internet and like Phones and stuff?”, in r/CasualConversation, Reddit, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2026
present singular third person bumfucks · participle present bumfucking · participle past bumfucked · past bumfucked
plural bumfucks
- derogatoryslangvulgarAn isolated place far removed from major cities.
Why the hell does your brother have to live out in bumfuck?
1 more example
I had to park in bumfuck because all the good spots were taken.
2009, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, page 73Synonyms: Timbuktu
Bumfuck2
alternative bumfuck · alternative Bumfuck, Egypt · alternative Bumfuck, Minnesota
- USvulgarAn imaginary place in the middle of nowhere.
One screwup and he could be splitting rocks on a chain gang somewhere in Bumfuck, Egypt.
1991, William H. Labarge, Hornet's Nest, page 963 more examples
The point is the people who pay for the system are not incentive enough to get SEPTA's ass in gear. The incentive is coming from someone from East Bumfuck, Kansas going to the Rep. Convention who may or may not ride the subway.
1999 April 19, Karen Byrd, “The offensiveness of SEPTA”, in phl.transportation (Usenet)All nine passengers and crew died yesterday when a twelve-seater Sikorsky helicopter operated by Doom Air crashed in a really big ball of flames shortly after takeoff from Bumfuck Nowhere regional airport.
2007, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs, page 53Sedona was way too public when it came to that sort of thing, since so many of its visitors were there to actively look for UFO activity. Better to scoop up your anal-probe victims in East Bumfuck, Kansas, or something.
2013, Christine Pope, Angel Fire, page 149
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn isolated place far removed from major cities.
Origin
bumfuck · adjective, verb, noun
- Englishbum
- Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
- Proto-Germanic*fukkōną
- Old English*fuccian
- Middle English*fukken
- Englishfuck
- Englishbumfuck
Translations
Dutch Schubbekutteveen
- Schubbekutteveenimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Finnish takahikiä, perähikiä
- takahikiäan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- perähikiäan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- hevonpersean isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- hevonvittuan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
French trou du cul du monde, trou
- trou du cul du mondean isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- trouan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- nulle partan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Pétaouchnokan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- au diable Vauvertan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Trifouilly-les-Oiesimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Tataouineimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- coinimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Tombouctouimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Saint-Loinloin de Pas-Procheimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Outsiplouimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
German Kaff, Arsch der Welt
- Kaffan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Arsch der Weltimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Hintertupfingenimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Italian Culonia, in culo al mondo
- Culoniaan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- in culo al mondoan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- in culo al nullaimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- in culo ai lupiimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Culoniaimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Norwegian Gokken
- Gokkenimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Polish zadupie
- zadupieimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Portuguese Cochinchina, cu do Judas
- Cochinchinaan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- cu do Judasimaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Russian ебеня́, Зажо́пинск
- ебеня́ (jebenjá)an isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Зажо́пинск (Zažópinsk)an isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Мухосра́нск (Muxosránsk)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Зажо́пинск (Zažópinsk)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Усть-Залу́пинск (Ustʹ-Zalúpinsk)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Гадю́кино (Gadjúkino)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Мухозаси́женск (Muxozasížensk)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Быдлогра́д (Bydlográd)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- Сколеновста́нск (Skolenovstánsk)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- жо́па (žópa)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- ебеня́ (jebenjá)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- тьмутарака́нь (tʹmutarakánʹ)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- у чёрта на кули́чках (u čórta na kulíčkax)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
- у чёрта на рога́х (u čórta na rogáx)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Spanish jurutungo viejo, Conchinchina
- jurutungo viejoan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- Conchinchinaan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
Swedish byhåla, håla
- byhålaan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- hålaan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
- avkrokan isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)
Yiddish האָצעפּלאָץ
- האָצעפּלאָץ (hotseplots)imaginary place in the middle of nowhere
Cite this entry
bumfuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumfuck
“bumfuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumfuck. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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