What is Stum?
1.
To not talk. To "stay stum".
As far as I can tell it derives from 19th century England/Australia, as read in Bryce Courtenay's 'The Potato Factory'
Hey thanks for staying stum about my involvement in that bank heist..
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2.
Someone that hangs out in Starbucks all the time like they haven't got a regular home. A 'Starbuck's bum'.
Man, I wish that stum would stop hogging the power socket by the wall over there!
