Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for May 06, 2024

bumf /bŭmf/ noun

1. Pamphlets, forms, memorandums, or similar printed matter, especially when considered uninteresting or unimportant.

2. Toilet paper.

3. Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material etc.

nounBRITISH ENGLISHinformalbumf (noun)useless or tedious printed information or documents:

Late 19th century British military slang, “bum-fodder”.

“Rethink having a mailbox” if you don’t depend on mail order prescriptions (reduced pricing by some insurance policies, also necessary if one cannot drive to pick prescriptions up somewhere). Or if you of course have internet access and wifi available. Or if you don’t order things online that are delivered by mail rather than Amazon drivers.

Is this the new term for junk mail?

Bumf seems to be all I receive. I much prefer garish and loud colored ephemera.

Primary season here, so lots of bumf. “You should vote for Julie for Mayor. 17 real estate developers can’t be wrong!”

Unless tracking says there is a package, we only get the mail once a week now. Easier to throw away all the Bumf in one shot.

Monday is trash day. The bin is parked next to the mailbox. It makes for easy sorting.

Looks like the guys discovered a new word and wanted an excuse to use it. I don’t blame them

At USPS it’s officially called UBBM, unsolicited bulk business mail.

Someone has been playing Wordle on the reg