what does "bump" mean?
go easy on me...i'm a newbie.
"bump" or "bttt" (bump to the top) moves the article to the top of the replies thread. Welcome aboard. This is a special place. Here's a little Freeper lexicon for some of the terms used here (as well as Freeper lore): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/673536/posts
bump usually is shorthand for
"bump to the top"...in other words, it puts the thread title back on
the "latest posts" board so more people are likely to see it.
Occassionally you'll see "bump for publicity" or "bump for later read".
The former is an explicit statement of wishing to publicize the thread,
the latter just to make a short-term "bookmark", so they can find it
later in their "pings" list.
Don't worry...I was still figuring out this stuff after my first year
in the forum.