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A slang word with positive and/or negative connotations. Its primary meaning is the same as buddy, pal, friend, etc., but it is a lot more fun to say. It is used mostly as a description of a male human being, but it can also be use as a description of a female human being as well as other beings.
Positive example (Human being): "Hey stubum, how you doing?"
Negative example (Human being): "Man, you left me hanging, you stubum."

Positive example (Dog): "Come here fido and let me scratch your belly you ole stubum."
Negative example (Elephant): "That elephant is such a stubum, he stepped on my toes."

Positive example (Alien): "ET, you're all right you stubum you."
Negative example (Alien): "Those Klingons are such stubums, they need to chill."

Positive example (Foreign language): "Bonjour stubum, comment faites-vous?"
Negative example (Foreign language): "Hombre, usted me abandono ejecucion en la horca, usted subum."

Origin: The origin of stubum is unclear, but it was frequently heard as banter among University of Cincinnati hockey players in the late 1970's. It is believed to have been coined by the stubum goaltender who was quite creative with nicknames and song lyrics.
stubum by Big Swean February 22, 2009
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POTATOES, COMPASSES AND SOCKETS
Whats shubum doing?
Eating potatoes and sticking compasses in sockets
Ah typical shubum i see
Shubum by Ninte Appan 123 January 3, 2021

Bets no Saucums 

Eh??? What??? What does this mean??? Im sorry?? Huh??
No person would ever use Bets no Saucums in a sentence. No one knows what the thing even means.
Bets no Saucums by Fuckin huh??? September 7, 2021
One who bums party favors. Also known to evade taxi fares.

Can be used as a noun or a verb.

Alternate forms, stubumming

Believed to originated from the Purdue campus in the early 2000s.
"Hey man, quit stubumming and boiler the f*** up."

"Hey Tyler, quit being such a stubum and go your own beer."

"Hey stubum, throw some money down for the taxi!"
stubum by Caveman09 December 30, 2009
Scuba diver as a life style. Like surf bum but scuba dives instead
If this doesn’t work out I’m going to resort to plan b, move to the islands and live like a scubum.
scubum by Ncsflower June 13, 2018
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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