# Butt-F\*\*\* Idaho **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 2, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371 "2002-04-02T12:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/21 "2002-04-03T02:55:08Z")
I’ve heard/used BFE, BFI, Bumblefuck, et al., and around here you can also use Bakersfield, it’s practically synonomous. My mother, somewhat less strong of language than I, tends to refer to East Armpit, Illinois. I’ve also mentioned Ass End, New Hampshire (which has a sister city, East Ass End, Arkansas). If I really want to be gross I’ll forget about cities altogether and just call it the Greasy, Hairy Crack of Nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/22 "2002-04-03T04:14:54Z")
On the way back from Cairo to our ship waiting to pass through the Suez Canal in 1992, I and about 50 other Marines had our bus break down abso-freakin-lutely in the middle of nowhere. I actually have been to **Bum Fuck, Egypt.** ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/23 "2002-04-03T04:37:07Z")
My favourite local (Canada) equivalent reference for way out in the sticks is Creeping Stubble, Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/24 "2002-04-03T04:49:52Z")
_shows up with a tanker full of K-Y_ What? …Oh. Then where do I park the strap-on that’s the size of Rhode Island? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/25 "2002-04-03T05:00:12Z")
Growing up in Tucson, AZ it was always “BFE” for “Butt fuck Egypt” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/26 "2002-04-03T13:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > On the way back from Cairo to our ship waiting to pass through the Suez Canal in 1992, I and about 50 other Marines had our bus break down abso-freakin-lutely in the middle of nowhere. I actually have been to Bum Fuck, Egypt. I worked with an ex-air farce guy who said the same thing. But I have yet to see a cite. I don’t suppose any of you got a photo of the sign? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/27 "2002-04-04T06:09:45Z")
And for those of you who want to eschew the anal reference for a science-fictional one: Degobah East ---
**Author:** ![Stinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/28 "2002-04-04T06:41:11Z")
When I was staioned in Koriea we would hop in a cab and ask the driver to take us to BFE and see where he would take us. Great Fun! Also a great way to to find parts of town you would never otherwise go to.😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/29 "2002-04-05T08:46:40Z")
In Ireland, I’ve heard **Ballygobackwards** , and (I believe, thought my memory is flaky, that) I coined the term **Ballybuttfuck**. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/30 "2002-04-05T11:34:04Z")
In Massachusetts, Route 202, the road from **Belcher** to **Athol** , is nicknamed **“The Alimentary Canal”.** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DemonSpawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@DemonSpawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonSpawn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/31 "2002-04-05T12:18:22Z")
I have heard “in the bumblef\*\*\* of nowhere” used. My personal favourite is “Lower Arsecrack upon Tyne”, which I made up myself – I think 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/32 "2002-04-05T13:39:38Z")
The term is first attested to in Lighter(RHDAS) from 1972. He suggest either military or student in origin. The cite specifically used _Bumfuck, Egypt._ ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/33 "2002-04-05T14:36:05Z")
I’ve mostly heard Bumfuck, Egypt or BFE. I’ve heard Podunk or Podunk, Iowa a few times but I can’t remember where I heard it first. Locally, people use the expression “out past Zip City”. There is a small community by that name near here, and that’s what’s there: Zip. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/34 "2002-04-05T16:17:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* > I worked with an ex-air farce guy who said the same thing. But I have yet to see a cite. I don’t suppose any of you got a photo of the sign? \*\* There is no sign, and they don’t really call it that. The term means “out in the middle of freaking nowhere”, and we were out in the middle of freaking nowhere, in Egypt. Ergo, the recognition. ---
**Author:** ![Skaleen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Skaleen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skaleen)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/35 "2002-04-05T16:28:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \* > \*\*And for those of you who want to eschew the anal reference for a science-fictional one: > > Degobah East \*\* There is an Elderon about 30 miles from where I live in Wisconsin. Same pronounciation, not spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/36 "2002-04-05T16:51:23Z")
> [@](#): > > There is no sign, and they don’t really call it that. The term means “out in the middle of freaking nowhere”, and we were out in the middle of freaking nowhere, in Egypt. Ergo, the recognition. Yes, I know that BFE means the middle of nowhere. But this guy I worked with claimed to have actually been in a place in Egypt _called_ Bumfuk. Your post seemed to indicate that you have actually been in a place in Egypt called Bumfuk, but if they don’t really call it that, then _is_ there a place that’s actually named Bumfuk? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/37 "2002-04-05T19:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FyreFiend \* > **Around here it’s East BubbleF** k. Don’t have a clue where it comes from though. \*\* Here it’s East Bumf#$k or, East Ish. I have no idea what “Ish” is supposed to mean, but people who are more proper(or uptight, whichever) use that one. Is there a West Bumf#$k on the other coast? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/38 "2002-04-05T21:57:03Z")
Years ago, I sat down with a big Nat’l Geographic map of Egypt and a magnifying glass. I was looking for the legendary Bumfuk. I didn’t exactly find it. What I found, out in the middle of nowhere, was Buqbuk. As you know, the transcription from Arabic characters to English letters is a tricky and mysterious thing. Considering Nat’l Geo’s G-rated audience and the phonetic translation problems, it’s plausible that Buqbuk is also spelled, or pronounced, Bumfuk. The search continues. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/39 "2002-04-05T22:51:24Z")
In Quebec, the stereotypical little rural Quebec town is Ste-Clotilde-de-Rubber-Boot. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371/40 "2002-04-05T22:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*Yes, I know that BFE means the middle of nowhere. But this guy I worked with claimed to have actually been in a place in Egypt _called_ Bumfuk. Your post seemed to indicate that you have actually been in a place in Egypt called Bumfuk, but if they don’t really call it that, then _is_ there a place that’s actually named Bumfuk? \*\* Well, as we all know, there’s a Fucking, Austria. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-f-idaho/101371.md?page=3)