I have noticed

[mikizee]

That lately, I have seen on telly that a lot of americans are using the word 'bum'.

Example - Seth Rogen says it in Pineapple Express.

Is this a new thing? Why all a sudden are Americans using the word bum?

Is this really happening or am I tripping balls?

[Freebasser]

I was in the military - I was a bumbardier.

[b i o n i c]

i like bum.. its kind of catching on in the us. i heard it used in american english in a commercial yesterday. it sounds better than butt.

let's face it, the brits got it on lock

[funk63]

I usually just say ass if I have to.

[Audio.]

this is pretty old? I mean they sometimes come up with in old shows. But Ass is more proficient, I think.

[Lex Diamonds]

"My bum is on your lips,
My bum is on your lips"

The Real Slim Shady, 2001

[paul jones]

I'm watching The Wire right now and they say 'Fuck' and 'Motherfucker' lots of times

[Dorothy Wood]

well, seth rogen is canadian.

[hardnox71]

That's the way the American vernacular has always been. We latch on to a word or phrase and work it to death. Soon the novelty will wear off and you won't hear it over here anymore.