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Discover LudwigThe phrase "what a bum" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express disappointment or disapproval towards someone's behavior or situation.
Example: "After he promised to help me move and then didn't show up, I couldn't help but think, what a bum!"
Alternatives: "what a loser" or "what a slacker".
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"He had no self-confidence because his mother was always telling him what a bum his was.
That way the judge could easily accommodate all who are dying to tell him what a bum they think this man Madoff is.
A lot of it is bittersweet: dating Gig Young; throwing over Ben Gazzara for Rock Hudson ("And we all know what a bum decision that turned out to be").
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Wright: A what?! Eric: A bum. Do you fancy a bum?
"What a coincidence," the bum said, in Spanish.
"What a waste, for a bum like this," a woman said.
The actors go sloshed to the show, so it can be funny, but god what a bunch of bums that association is.
In happier circumstances, what precisely constitutes a "bum gesture" could be construed as one of the great existential questions of our time.
Even if his quarterback entered this game on what Ward described as a bum ankle, an injury compounded when Roethlisberger had his knee twisted during a pileup early in the first half.
More important was Don's hallucination (similar to Betty's a fortnight ago) in which his guilt (for tonight, for always) manifests itself in a vision of his father telling bawdy jokes and calling him a bum – "What do you make?
I wouldn't know what a team dynamic was if it poked me in the bum.
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