rum-dum

Also rum-dumb
Or rum-dumm

[ruhm-duhm]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Disparaging and Offensive.

stupid; ignorant.
of, related to, or arising from habitual drunkenness; addled by intoxicating drinks.

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Origin of rum-dum¹

First recorded in 1890–95; rhyming compound with rum ¹ and dumb, perhaps influenced in sense by humdrum

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It was just a simple, basic rhythm—DRUM-dum, RUM- dum, DRUM-bop-bop; DRUM-dum, RUM-dum, DRUM-bop- bop—over and over again.

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Stams was told that Barry Alvarez, the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, raised his hand and said, “I’ll take the rum-dum.”

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He wasn't much of a man—Ben Cameron—weak-eyed, rum-dum—poor too.

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