Bum and Lazy

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Bum verb - To spend time doing nothing.

Usage example: spent most of the summer just bumming around the house

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Lazy and bum are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lazy" instead the word "Bum" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: bumpy, bumping

Lazy verb - To spend time doing nothing.

Usage example: a good afternoon to spend lazying on the back porch

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Bum and lazy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bum" instead the word "Lazy" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: laze, laziness, lazed, lazily, lazing

Stereotype: Stoner, poser, lazy teenage bum, older surfer, sk8er boy, or all the above.

Source: Useful Notes / American Accents
Lister once good-naturedly described himself as a "bum", while Rimmer would call him a lazy slob.

Source: Classical Anti-Hero
It sounds remotely Irish, complete with lazy pronounciation of L's, which is probably best explained by the fact that Walker is a Chicago native, and so is (presumably) Bum.

Source: What the Hell Is That Accent?

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