Word: bumming
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...supposedly suggested the stage name Bo Diddley, slang for a bowlegged fool. A few days later, Diddley made his first professional recording, Bo Diddley; it rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and introduced the world to rock's defining rhythm, the Bo Diddley "hambone" beat--bum-bum-bum, bum bum--that's fueled everything from Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away to U2's Desire to the White Stripes' Screwdriver...
...Nostalgic former residents were eager to share their Dudley memories. For some, their strongest recollections are of the Co-op’s most famous member, who was not a Harvard student at all but rather a local bum who invited himself over for Thanksgiving dinner in 1970 and didn’t leave until his death...
...relate better to the redeeming qualities of the underdog who compensates for a lack of talent with a surplus of heart and determination. Most of us respect someone like Burress—the Giants’ best receiver all season despite his inability to practice because of a bum ankle—more than someone like the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison—a player whose desire to get an edge led him to use HGH and earn a reputation as a dirty player amongst his peers.While some would dismiss this love of the gutsy underdog as false hope...
There you have it, the utterly improbable central trauma that "explains" the rest of Dewey's life: his drive for the fame that can never compensate for his terrible guilt, the self-destructive drinking, drugging and sexual outlawry that sully his path to pop icon status, the bum musical trips - his adored brother may have been an authentic musical prodigy that Dewey dimly needs to emulate - that threaten his career. You've been here before, of course, with Walk the Line and Ray, to name only the most recent biopics about the trials and triumphs of pop-music icons. These...
...slipping and falling on the ice or something, you’re probably going to be more concerned with the elderly, people who might break their hip in a fall. The young and the healthy, yeah, you fall and end up with a sore shin and bruise on your bum, but your youth tends to protect you from more serious injuries.” There you have it: some good cover-up and a high pain tolerance should ward of the danger until your 50th reunion—just be sure to pack your shin guards when that time rolls...