Bum and Cheap

Bum

Bum adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: that was bum advice that you got from that chat room

Cheap is a synonym for bum. In some cases you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Bum".

Nearby Words: bumpy, bumping

Cheap

Cheap adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it

Bum is a synonym for cheap. Sometimes you can use "Bum" instead an adjective "Cheap".

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Monty Python's Flying Circus Eric Idle at one point gives a voice-over regarding a prohibition on "getting cheap laughs with words like knickers, bum, or wee-wees".
  • This Loser Is You Kaiji is an unemployed bum who spends his time drinking cheap beer, losing cheap gambling games, crying over the fact that he doesn't have any money, and slashing other people's tires and stealing car ornaments.
  • Inherently Funny Words The Chemist Sketch was interrupted by an Eric Idle voiceover stating that "it is against the policy of the BBC to get cheap laughs with words like knickers, bum, or wee-wees."
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