bumfuck nowhere

bumfuck nowhere

See also: bum-fuck nowhere; bum fuck nowhere; Bumfuck, Nowhere; and Bumfuck Nowhere

English

Alternative forms

• Bumfuck, Nowhere
• Bumfuck Nowhere
• bum-fuck nowhere
• bum fuck nowhere

Etymology

bumfuck +‎ nowhere

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

bumfuck nowhere

1. (slang, vulgar) The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain
   • 2007, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs, page 53

     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.

   • 2010, Richard Smith, Freezer Burn, page 225

     It's bad enough to be in jail, in a middle of bum fuck nowhere, the last thing he wants to find out is what the prison population is like.

   • 2010, Bianca D'Arc, Brotherhood of Blood, page 144

     Please, please, please let me have cell phone service. I was in the middle of bumfuck nowhere

   • 2011, Terrance Dean, Mogul, page 123

     “How the fuck you take a nigga from bum-fuck nowhere and let him live in your spot.

   I can't believe we're lost in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with a broken-down car!

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase "(in) the middle of bumfuck nowhere", an intensified form of "(in) the middle of nowhere".

Related terms

• bumfuck
• Bumfuck, Egypt
• boonies
• the sticks

Translations

the middle of nowhere

German: Kleinkleckersdorf, Hintertupfingen (de), Hintertupfing, Pusemuckel Russian: у чёрта на куличках (ru) (u čórta na kuličkax)

Serbo-Croatian: vukojebina (sh) f, pripizdina f Spanish: el culo del mundo m