Claire wrote:Aaron_Silver wrote:Goodwife wrote:McAz wrote:Goodwife wrote:Where did the post go?
McAz I like the new pic, not the legs per se, but its so much better than that beard
It's a Scottish "best pal" apparently.
I don't think the person who said it is Scottish or speaks with their locality.
Certainly where I live it is used as a slur
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bum_chum
I am Scottish Glasgow/West coast and it is a slur, however, in Scotland we are pretty quick to reclaim insults, being called a cunt in Scotland isn't necessarily a bad thing particularly if you're a good cunt
Well so am I and it isn't a slur.
Where I am from it was used as a slur, believe me, It has been used to try to bully me several times in years gone by, however, tbf I haven't heard the term for a long time and as I said in my post it may have been reclaimed