US/Canada
1. Pejorative for a homeless person, - especially one that makes no attempt to work or better himself (contrasted with the more respected working homeless “hobos”). Probably comes from the expression “lazy bums.”
Get a job you F’ing bum.
2. To shamelessly ask for something (in the manner of a bum – see above).
Dude can I bum a cigarette, five dollars, and a ride to the…
3. A loser with nothing going for him (no job, no aspirations etc). Especially an unworthy husband or boyfriend.
I can’t believe she’s with Jim. Always drinking, never workin, the guy is a bum.
UK/Commonwealth:
4. The more polite way of saying ass.
Does my bum look big in this?
5. To do in the bum.
I bummed a tart.
Afganistan
6. Bum is a major city in Afganistan.
1. Pejorative for a homeless person, - especially one that makes no attempt to work or better himself (contrasted with the more respected working homeless “hobos”). Probably comes from the expression “lazy bums.”
Get a job you F’ing bum.
2. To shamelessly ask for something (in the manner of a bum – see above).
Dude can I bum a cigarette, five dollars, and a ride to the…
3. A loser with nothing going for him (no job, no aspirations etc). Especially an unworthy husband or boyfriend.
I can’t believe she’s with Jim. Always drinking, never workin, the guy is a bum.
UK/Commonwealth:
4. The more polite way of saying ass.
Does my bum look big in this?
5. To do in the bum.
I bummed a tart.
Afganistan
6. Bum is a major city in Afganistan.
by author December 9, 2008

To get something from someone else for free. Also used to borrow, but with the understanding that repayment might not happen.
by Tim March 13, 2003

Someone who does nothing all day and expects everyone to bend over backwards to please them.
Someone who has no liscense, no car, no job, no girl.
Someone who has no liscense, no car, no job, no girl.
by darken one May 8, 2005

When I was in the all male prison, no-one would pick up the dropped soap for fear of being bummed by Mr Big.
by auslander January 26, 2004

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by connor1414 January 28, 2009
