"Bumblefuck" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Bumblefuck.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Variant of bumfuck (“isolated, backwards location; literally, anal intercourse”), replacing vulgar (in this context) bum (“buttocks”) with gentler, more humorous bumble (“move clumsily”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|bumfuck||isolated, backwards location; literally, anal intercourse}} bumfuck (“isolated, backwards location; literally, anal intercourse”), {{m|en|bum||buttocks}} bum (“buttocks”), {{m|en|bumble||move clumsily}} bumble (“move clumsily”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bumblefuck
  1. (slang, vulgar) An isolated or backward location; the middle of nowhere. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (place): Places Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place, Bumfuck, Egypt (alt: BFE), East Bumblefuck, West Bumblefuck Related terms: bumfuck, Bumfuck, Egypt, BFE

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