bumfuck nowhere
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bumfuck nowhere noun: the middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.
Noun (1)
bumfuck nowhere (uncountable)
- The 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.2007, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs, page 53
- 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, Richard Smith, Freezer Burn, page 225
- Synonyms:
- Nowheresville, buttfuck nowhere, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road, Isolated place
Noun (2) capitalized: Bumfuck Nowhere
Bumfuck Nowhere (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of bumfuck nowhere.
Synonyms of bumfuck nowhere
- Nowheresville
- buttfuck nowhere
- Isolated town
- bump in the road
- jerkwater
- jerk-water
- jerkwater town
- one-horse town
- wide spot in the road
- Isolated place
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- arse end of nowhere
- back of beyond
- back forty
- backcountry
- backwater
- backwoods
- provinces
- beyond the black stump
- boondock
- boondocks
- boonies
- dullsville
- edge of the earth
- edge of the world
- ends of the earth
- ends of the world
- hinterland
- middle of nowhere
- north forty
- off the beaten track
- out of the way
- sticks
- the sticks
- Actual places
- back o' Bourke
- Outer Mongolia
- Timbuktu
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Fictional places
- Anytown
Forms of bumfuck nowhere
| alternative form | bumfuck-nowhere |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bum-fuck nowhere |
| alternative form | bum fuck nowhere |
| alternative form | Bumfuck, Nowhere |
| alternative form | Bumfuck Nowhere |
Words formed from bumfuck nowhere
Questions about bumfuck nowhere
- What does bumfuck nowhere mean?
- Bumfuck nowhere means the middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.
- What part of speech is bumfuck nowhere?
- Bumfuck nowhere is a noun.
Words near bumfuck nowhere in the dictionary
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