Talk:Chum

Chamber mate
The "friend" meaning of the slang word chum originates from the nickname for a "chamber mate" or room mate at a boarding school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dianaliffick (talk • contribs) 23:56, July 17, 2005

Political context
"Campaigns traditionally give away items like t-shirts, lawn signs, and bumper stickers. But as far back as the primaries, the Obama campaign has charged for "chum," its official campaign merchandise."
 * The following is included to provide citation for use of the word "chum" in a political context, since references are not used on disambiguation pages:

- Diane Tucker and Dawn Teo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chorder (talk • contribs) 14:44, November 7, 2009
 * There is not an article, which is why it doesn't appear on the disambiguation page. The best place for this citation is on Wiktionary's entry for the word.

— Senator2029  ║  talk  22:14, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

chum evidently means 'friend'
Someone removed this definition, I've re-inserted it. Hakluyt bean (talk) 23:48, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

chum (friend) is used in England but is largely archaic. I have edited the comment on "mate" to remove Australia, it's also widely British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.80.60 (talk) 10:31, 13 October 2016 (UTC)