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a word that means both your dearest friend and bait for sharks.
means A close friend or companion — though the same word also names cut-up fish and blood used as bait to lure sharks.
from The friendly 'chum' likely began as university slang in 17th-century England, possibly a clipping of 'chamber-fellow' or 'chambermate' — the person you shared a room with. The shark-bait 'chum' is a separate word of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scottish dialect term for fish refuse; the two senses simply collided in the dictionary, sharing a spelling but not a family tree.
- shark bait
- Ground fish guts scattered to lure predators by smell
- old slang
- Likely from chamber-fellow, a roommate at Oxford
- double life
- Same word: best buddy or bloody chunks
- chumming banned
- Illegal in some waters to protect swimmers
bruce the shark — great white shark that inspired jaws, killed 4 people off new jersey in 1916
the meg — megalodon fossil shark species, 60 feet long, extinct 3.6 million years ago
deep blue sea cast — 1999 film featuring genetically engineered sharks hunting humans in an underwater facility