bum
Significado (English)
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- (informal) The buttocks.
- (informal) The anus.
Concepts
cobija remendada
mariposa nocturna grande
desperdicial
as de oros
ocóte
tuje
s.d.f.
crup
Synonyms
hind end
tooshie
dirty dog
lounge about
ne’er-do-well
lounge around
bum about
frig around
loll around
waste one’s time
scum bag
schnorr
catamountain
inferiority of quality
lazy guy
caboose
yob
good-for-naught
lazy person
inferior quality
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/bʌm/
Etymology (English)
Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”).
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