"Bump" is short for "bump to the top" and is sometimes abbreviated as "bttt". If you think a thread is an interesting, entertaining, or informative thread you can "bump it to the top" of Free Republic's
Latest Posts page so that more people may see it. The "Latest Posts" page is the page that a lot of members set as their preference. You should take "BUMP" as a compliment.
Freegards,
LH