The word
bumphis also English slang for paper—of any sort. It is used on its own as inthere's a whole pile of bumph on my desk, and also with some other words, egloo bumphis toilet paper.
BumphorBumf, when alluding to excessive paperwork was an armed forces contraction forBum Fodderduring the Second World War and was in regular use throughout the Commonwealth.Bum fodderwas itself a slang term for toilet paper.