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Honestly, the first thing I think of when I see the word bum - no article, pronoun, or anything else - is the anatomical version. I get a fairly vivid mental image. I can't seem to prevent it. And I know my mother is of the same opinion because we discussed this once.

Aha. I zink we may be near a breakthrough in your analysis. Is zis image of zum particular person'z nezzer regions or of a Platonic ideal of the human buttockses?

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