All that leadership bumf , thrown at us from all directions, must have had its effect--largely negative, I suspect, given what happened in the following decade.

WHAT is the origin of the word bumf , meaning useless printed information?

9 4-letter words: bias (2) duck (1) veld (3) yogh (1) phiz (5) menu (6) task (1) bult (6) Harz dhak (1) bile (3) hole (4) slip (2) knur (1) vols (6) bury (2) dawt (4) hexa late (1) bumf (2) dhow (1) Xipe (3) lash (4) plew (3) zhos (1) pita (7) whap

Anger was also expressed with the "eyewash" and " bumf " of military authorities, with the Australian troops concerned to get "the dinkum", the "dinkum oil", the "good oil" or the "good guts".

It provides sports, shopping and entertainment all in one building to create "the ultimate destination", as the PR bumf says.

(Although I did figure out that a "sleeping policeman" is not a Boston cop collecting overtime but a, traffic bump, what is a "yob" or " bumf "?) Nick brings Miranda, his teenage daughter by his first marriage, to the house he has just bought with his second wife Fran; living with them are Gareth, Fran's son by a previous liaison, and Nick and Fran's toddler, Jasper.

The secular Lord Chesterfield, however, had no hesitations about treating literature as bumf . Urging time-discipline upon his recalcitrant son, he told a little tale:

They have to keep him to sign the bumf . Meanwhile they get particulars of all our agents.

How can a nurse or assistant with four weeks' worth of bumf decide who is ill or not?

Alternatively, if there is a pre-paid envelope enclosed, put the bumf in it and post it back.

That's what it should say on the Estate Agent's bumf for Home Alfie needs a new | |home for his family Farm which is now up for sale.