It’s the word for when you have carefully made a list for the Supermarket and then lost or forgotten it by the time you arrive at the doors of the establishment, meaning that you will have to “play it by ear” or try to recall the list from a scratchy memory.

It was originally used by farmers as a description for the field that has been ploughed by mistake by an inattentive farm hand.

Bamfurlong is an adjective in this case, but has a verb version when to Bamfurlong is the act of throwing old receipts or lists into the bottom of the shopping bag, which can result in using the wrong list, which is know by the more exact term “ Putloe”

White Van Man who uses the dashboard for the deposit of all bills, sandwich wrappers and even tin cans until one can barely see out of the windscreen might sometimes use the term “Bamfurlong” as a description of this detritus.

“Gary? have you got that bill for the piping and cement and what have you done with my sandwich meal deal?

“Have you tried the Bamfurlong?