BUMP

pammye65

Ive seen this some on the board. What in the world does "bump" mean????

IamEric

It's just a way that people can save a topic for later reading without making a real comment on it.

SetecAstronomy

Ive seen this some on the board. What in the world does "bump" mean????

It's an acronym for Because Umbrellas Mean People. See, people will post that in the forums any time there is a chance of rain nearby, with hopes that it will bring more people to the site.

Although I could be wrong...

Angelabec

it's a funny little lump in a random place

although someone did tell me it's a small line of cocaine :laugh:

Angelabec

Ive seen this some on the board. What in the world does "bump" mean????

It's an acronym for Because Umbrellas Mean People. See, people will post that in the forums any time there is a chance of rain nearby, with hopes that it will bring more people to the site.

Although I could be wrong...

Oh, that made me laugh too!

mikioi

this is funny, i just asked the same question yesterday

JfMarrs

From Wikipedia

Bump (Internet), returning a thread to the top of the list of active threads (acceptable reasons range from wanting to remind others that the question with which the thread started is still unanswered to offering new information that relates to an old thread; a less agreeable practice—as unwelcome as spam—is to do it simply to raise the thread's profile); the term is related to the concept of "bumping (pushing) something up" though others suggest that it is an acronym for "Bring up my post" (however, "bump" applies to any post in a thread, not just one's own posts)

TamLind83

If you're talking about instances where that is the only word that some has written then it usually is added because someone wants to move the topic back up to the top so it gets more attention. For instance, if this post you wrote were sitting here for an hour, unanswered, if would move below other topics that are more recent. You or someone else might add a reply of "Bump" which would make the topic/post show as having recent activity therefore moving it back to the top of the list of topics where it can more easily gain attention and hopefully catch the eye of someone who will have an answer or feedback pertaining to the topic. (I hope that makes sense.)

killagb

fkandIdlJLSJLDAS SADAsds, Asdawwada. I hope this helps. :drinker:

pammye65

If you're talking about instances where that is the only word that some has written then it usually is added because someone wants to move the topic back up to the top so it gets more attention. For instance, if this post you wrote were sitting here for an hour, unanswered, if would move below other topics that are more recent. You or someone else might add a reply of "Bump" which would make the topic/post show as having recent activity therefore moving it back to the top of the list of topics where it can more easily gain attention and hopefully catch the eye of someone who will have an answer or feedback pertaining to the topic. (I hope that makes sense.)

Thanks!

pammye65

From Wikipedia

Bump (Internet), returning a thread to the top of the list of active threads (acceptable reasons range from wanting to remind others that the question with which the thread started is still unanswered to offering new information that relates to an old thread; a less agreeable practice—as unwelcome as spam—is to do it simply to raise the thread's profile); the term is related to the concept of "bumping (pushing) something up" though others suggest that it is an acronym for "Bring up my post" (however, "bump" applies to any post in a thread, not just one's own posts)

Thank You!

MrsCon40

Well back in my club-going days, a "bump" was a small amount of cocaine snorted off a key in a bathroom stall.

Hope this helps!

:flowerforyou:

_GlaDOS_

Fist bump?

:flowerforyou:

ilookthetype

Well back in my club-going days, a "bump" was a small amount of cocaine snorted off a key in a bathroom stall.

Hope this helps!

:flowerforyou:

We had a strict rule about only snorting off of hookers...

4me2day

I learned it is what you write as a reply if you haven't read the whole post or if you want to go back to it later. You just go to your own profile and it will be listed as one of your posts. Brilliant, eh?

Thomasm198

And I thought everyone was just voting for their favourite Mr. Men character. :embarassed:

pammye65

Well back in my club-going days, a "bump" was a small amount of cocaine snorted off a key in a bathroom stall.

Hope this helps!

:flowerforyou:

Yes that was very helpful! I needed to know that...lol

pammye65

I learned it is what you write as a reply if you haven't read the whole post or if you want to go back to it later. You just go to your own profile and it will be listed as one of your posts. Brilliant, eh?

that makes sense

MrsCon40

Well back in my club-going days, a "bump" was a small amount of cocaine snorted off a key in a bathroom stall.

Hope this helps!

:flowerforyou:

Yes that was very helpful! I needed to know that...lol

+100

Angelabec

And I thought everyone was just voting for their favourite Mr. Men character. :embarassed:

Damn, so I need to start writing Messy??

pammye65

Thanks for the info and Laughs everyone!