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bumfuck nowhere

noun

bumfuck nowhere is a derogatory, vulgar noun meaning “The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-U-M-F-U-C-K-N-O-W-H-E-R-E.

What does bumfuck nowhere mean?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryslangvulgarThe middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.

    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.

noun

as Bumfuck Nowhere
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of bumfuck nowhere.

noun

as bumfuck-nowhere
  1. 1

    Alternative form of bumfuck nowhere.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce bumfuck nowhere?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ncalif-bumfucknowhere.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of bumfuck nowhere

  • bumfuck-nowhere
  • bum-fuck nowhere
  • bum fuck nowhere

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bumfuck nowhere in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense the middle of nowhere:

LanguageWords
Frenchtrou du cul du monde, bled, Macapète, Trou-en-Cambrousse, au milieu de nulle part
GermanKleinkleckersdorf, Hintertupfingen, Hintertupfing, Pusemuckel
Portugueseno cu do mundo, cu de Judas
Spanishel culo del mundo, en el quinto coño

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.