bum

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Advancements that seek to end the friction of reality — the freak occurrences, edge cases and bum luck of a given day — ultimately sap the world of excitement and color.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

I went over and he looked at the prototype, and said, “Why don’t you move this seam over the bum by a centimeter. I think it’ll be more flattering.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

But sometimes you can’t, like when you ask a chatbot a factual question and get a bum steer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"My bum felt like it was boiling, I felt like I had a fever," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

He wasn’t exactly a bum, he was just a weak man who whined all the time.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith