Examples
“It's just that you've had a series of what they call bumps or seismic events that literally had never been expected.”
“Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham says they were taken to three Contra Costa County hospitals Friday night with what she described as bumps and bruises.”
“But producers get flummoxed when a title bumps up against the confines of genre.”
“Invitation to wake up either covered in bumps or wondering how many bugs you accidentally ate during the night.”
“No I can't but if a penchant for speed bumps is a part of human nature then you're never going to see such an example.”
“Last week I did five twelve hour days training for the Census job again (this time i am a crew leader so the pay bump is nice) The only way I got through that was swilling Red Bull and taking afternoon bumps from a microscopic Tabasco bottle.”
“Even though we may be looking at a long, slow recovery, which will of course have short term bumps in its path, it almost certainly will continue to favor people who remain believers.”
The Huffington Post: Frank A. Weil: What Columbus Must Have Worried About
“Ben shared this one with me, which I primarily like because the title of the piece was “Nipple nips and groin bumps OK†™ d by Korean court.””
Breakfast Links: Maid in the USA, Korea ok with Nipple Nips & NYC : #comments
“Short-term bumps aside, Deere will likely sell many more tractors in the years ahead.”
The Wall Street Journal: Deere's Prospects Look Bright -- Long Term
“But this kind of sloppy prep work is part of the arrogant charm they have; they figured they'd put out this nice bland white guy with and expect him to sail through with a few little bumps from the right -- he wrote briefs defending queers!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bumps’.
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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That's enough of your black-chat
Nicknames of the white-fronted black-chat, as listed by ressetee on baldyhead.
baldyhead, tintack, bumps, clipper, moonbird, white-fronted nun, ringlet, ringneck, single-bar, tang
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bumps.
reesetee See baldyhead. Apr 23, 2009