What is Bumph?
1.
Extra periphery crap, surplus to requirements.
The Internet is full of bumph like spam and pop-ups.
2.
Stuff that, while peripheral, is essential to the texture of well-created sets for movies.
Critical element to superior set decoration world-wide, though perhaps more commonly associated, in general, with New York or British-made films, among others.
Creates an ambience opposite to "oh, so Hollywood."
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Production Designer, Brit, (viewing a new set): Fantastic! Beautiful work. (entering and looking more closely): But where's the bumph?
Savvy New York Decorator: Sorry, the WHAT?
Brit Designer: You know, the bits and bobs.
NY Decorator: Oh, we have 40 boxes; they're unpacking them now.
Brit Designer: Brilliant.
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Brit Designer: Where's the bumph?
One-size-fits-all Decorator: Huh?
Brit Designer: You know, the bits and bobs.
One-size-fits-all Decorator: Huh?
Brit Designer: The effing STUFF!
One-size-fits-all Decorator: Huh?
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My intray is full of bumph.
4.
to put a small amount of ketamine up ones nose
fancy a quick bumph?
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5.
To poke someone in the belly while simultaneously saying the word "bumph" when they don't expect it. You can also add the phrase "Did that hurt?" after the bumph has been issued. It is not necessary but adds a significant effect to the bumph. Sometimes the bumpher will bumph you back and at that point, the only proper way is to bumph back leading to a bumph war. During a bumph war, the bumpher may add in some more phrases such as, "You ate the dirty grapes!!" or "Her hair, its so short!" while the person getting bumphed responds with, "Pheeeeasant foooooot" or "Ouch! DAT HURT!!"
Lisa: "Bumph! Did that hurt?"
Tom: "Ouch! Stop it! that hurt. Bumph!!"
Lisa: "Bumph, you ate the dirty grapes!"
Tom: "No you did! Your hair.......its sooooo short!"
Lisa: "OHHHHH goddddd, Bumph"
Tom: "Pheeeeasant foooooot"
Lisa: "Once you name it......"
Tom: "You get attached to it!"
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