Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of bare-bum.
But up went the barebum baby, over their heads like a chuckling moon.
1990, John Harvey, The Legend of Captain Space, Collins, published 1990, →ISBN, page 342 more examples
Remembering how even the pious people accepted nude bathing 65 years ago, I'm somewhat confused as to why, in this age when Penthouse, Playboy, Playgirl and the rest are never far out of reach, and are so close to respectability that an interview with a president may be featured in Playboy or one with Jerry Falwell may make the pages of Penthouse - why so many people still get up tight because a few other people want to hang their clothes on a hickory limb and go barebum in the water.
1986 July 19, H. Gordon Green, “Here's a naked truth”, in Toronto StarEminem has confirmed that Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno barebum stunt at the weekend's MTV Movie Awards was staged.
2009 June 5, “Eminem confirms Bruno barebum stunt was staged”, in Asian News International
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barebum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barebum
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