Bum

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Bum may refer to the following:

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• Babol University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), Iran
• Bum, a pejorative slang word used in the U.S. for a homeless person
• Bum, a vernacular word used in some countries for buttocks
• Bum also Būm, is the name of a city in Afghanistan
• Bum, pronounced Boom in English, a 1979 short film by Bretislav Pojar, winner of the 1979 Jury Prize at Cannes for Best Short Film.
• Bum is a mutated, feminine form of the Welsh pump, meaning five, for example, bum brenhines (five queens). Pronounced (in English) "bim".
• Bum, a pop punk band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that played frequently throughout the early 1990s.
• Bum!, a British pop punk band from South London, England that played frequently throughout the early 1990-1996.

See also

• Beach bum, a sub-culture
• Bumfights, video
• Bum rap, a false criminal charge
• Bum rush, the act of rushing towards something, as in spectators stampeding towards a stage, or more generally
• Bum Steer, an unsatisfactory or fraudulent transaction, also bad advice

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