2007-11-22 19:29:43 · 7 answers · asked by Belinda W 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
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The english have been calling it a bum since the mid 1300s. (check dictionary com). The american definition of bum as a tramp only started in the mid 1800s.
2007-11-22 20:01:17 · update #1
Maybe because when you are sitting, it IS the "bottom" of you! ( I actually have no idea....interesting question in a way!)
2007-11-22 19:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by zaytox0724 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By the same token, why would anyone call a part of them a "bum"? A bum is a person who's a deadbeat.
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Nonethless, I suspect "bum" is just a shortened version of "bottom."
I looked up buttocks... it's from near 1300, also.
2007-11-22 19:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is interesting. As interesting as someone calling it a bum when most of us think a bum is someone who begs instead of works.
2007-11-23 01:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Indya M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a cultural thing. We don't say bum where I live. We say bottom because it's at the bottom of where we sit down.
2007-11-22 20:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by winkcat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because when you sit it is underneath you.... on the bottom of (most) of you.
2007-11-22 19:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the bottom of your torso.
2007-11-22 19:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no Idea sorry I can't give you a better answer.
2007-11-23 04:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by Owner of 20 million sq.ft. 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋