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bumfluff

noun
/ˈbʌmflʌf/

Etymology

From bum + fluff, from its resemblance to the sparse hair on the buttocks.

  1. derived from villūtus — “having shaggy hair”
  2. derived from velu — “hairy, furry”
  3. derived from vluwe
  4. compounded as bumfluff — “bum + fluff”

Definitions

  1. The first, sparse beard growth of an adolescent.

    • There was a basic core of twelve: hard, canny females, with a few young males coming into their strength, just beginning to grow manes: bumfluff lions.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA