“Rethink having a mailbox” if you don’t depend on mail order prescriptions (reduced pricing by some insurance policies, also necessary if one cannot drive to pick prescriptions up somewhere). Or if you of course have internet access and wifi available. Or if you don’t order things online that are delivered by mail rather than Amazon drivers.
Yakety Sax 6 months ago
bumf /bŭmf/ noun
1. Pamphlets, forms, memorandums, or similar printed matter, especially when considered uninteresting or unimportant.
2. Toilet paper.
3. Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material etc.
a sage 6 months ago
nounBRITISH ENGLISHinformalbumf (noun)useless or tedious printed information or documents:
fredd13 6 months ago
Late 19th century British military slang, “bum-fodder”.
Mominexile Premium Member 6 months ago
“Rethink having a mailbox” if you don’t depend on mail order prescriptions (reduced pricing by some insurance policies, also necessary if one cannot drive to pick prescriptions up somewhere). Or if you of course have internet access and wifi available. Or if you don’t order things online that are delivered by mail rather than Amazon drivers.
Macushlalondra 6 months ago
Is this the new term for junk mail?
goboboyd 6 months ago
Bumf seems to be all I receive. I much prefer garish and loud colored ephemera.
david_42 6 months ago
Primary season here, so lots of bumf. “You should vote for Julie for Mayor. 17 real estate developers can’t be wrong!”
RadioDial Premium Member 6 months ago
Unless tracking says there is a package, we only get the mail once a week now. Easier to throw away all the Bumf in one shot.
ellisaana Premium Member 6 months ago
Monday is trash day. The bin is parked next to the mailbox. It makes for easy sorting.
car2ner 6 months ago
Looks like the guys discovered a new word and wanted an excuse to use it. I don’t blame them
UBBM Premium Member 6 months ago
At USPS it’s officially called UBBM, unsolicited bulk business mail.
Jaymi Cee Premium Member 6 months ago
Someone has been playing Wordle on the reg