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What does "bump" mean?
Started by PittMedicine
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JayQuah said:
Per Wikipedia--
To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. This is also called "necroposting", i.e. thread necromancy, or "gravedigging", as old threads are said to be dying or dead.
Typically, a thread may be bumped after it has received no replies in several days, or when other, perhaps less significant threads have knocked it off the front page.
Thread bumping, which in its most open form is simply a post consisting of the word "bump", is commonly considered a breach of netiquette and some moderated forums forbid it. Users may get around that by posting what is ostensibly a genuine reply. Sometimes this will mockingly contain the word "bump" in it, such as *Is wandering the forum when he bumps into this thread*. It may also take the form of a trivial question or response such as "Anyone?", rather than using the word "bump" which makes clear their intention.
In other instances, bumping is used to keep threads deemed important from falling off a front page. In this case, bumping would not be a breach of netiquette; to the contrary, it may be seen as a necessary if mundane task to be performed.
BUMP is sometimes used as a backronym for "Bring Up My Post/Postcount" or as a recursive acronym "Bump Up My Post".
How many of us will find creative ways to bump this post using the word bump in a natural sentence? Hmm.. I think I just did.
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bump stands for:
"Bring Up My Post, goddammit!"
"Bring Up My Post, goddammit!"
ok, I'll oblige
"When Chuck Norris bumps a thread, people have to look on other forums to find it."
"When Chuck Norris bumps a thread, people have to look on other forums to find it."
JayQuah said:
Heh, works too.
bump is something that women get when they are pregnant.
And also when someone "bumps" an old thread.
And also when someone "bumps" an old thread.
mshheaddoc said:
Which happens when Chuck norris comes within 100 yards.
Law2Doc said:
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Nah, if it was jackie chan, then possibly.Law2Doc said:
mshheaddoc said:
blasphemy. 😀
