to think Bum is not appropriate in a newspaper

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www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/crime-court/dealer-who-kept-drugs-in-bum-for-four-days-is-jailed-1-5565614

how odd

Only if it’s a nursery school newspaper.

Does anyone over the age of 5 really think bum is a ‘rude word’?

What a grim ol' tale this is.

I agree with the op, the headline does read oddly.

They could have said he kept his stash up his back passage, maybe?!?!

I don't think its rude, its kinda child-like:

Newspaper headline: Man hurts willy...Woman keeps drugs in her noo-noo.

Of course it's not rude but it's like a journalist reporting about someone urinating in public and being charged over it writing that the man 'was having a wee wee against the wall'.

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Pet shop boys, gerbils or hamsters, rumour perhaps? What blokes stick on their knob, sorry willy, no penis, also is an education. Idiots.
Loo is twee, middle class, lavatory is posh, journalists often talk quite posh on telly. Backside a bit twee?
V common place in prison to hide things, hence 'intimate search'
Think the ones that go ages (mules) have swallowed drugs and put life at risk until it comes out.

I get where you are coming from - it doesn't read right for a newspaper. Bum.....no.

The facial expression of the offender suggests he couldn't give a shit! 😂

Bum is slang. Toilet is not. In professional reporting I’d expect to see proper words being used, not slang.

How about ‘tits’ in the newspaper or ‘arse’? I agree OP, it’s not professional writing for a news report. If it’s an opinion piece or satire it would be fine.

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I see nothing wrong with bum.

And toilet is the proper term to use. What other term is there?

Heroin will make you constipated but that's ridiculous!
Sophie Morton wrote the article, I'd say that's a posh name, but no way is Canning Town posh, or twee.

i find 'toilet' more offensive than 'bum' tbh.

How is toilet offensive? It is the proper English term.

I’m impressed that he managed to run away with an arse full of drugs.

What is really stupid and offensive is 'twee'. wtf is that all about?? It sounds something like a 9 year old would use. People need to grow up.

" How is toilet offensive? It is the proper English term. "

no it isn't, it is from the French 'toilette' which means something different, but some nouveau riche English decided it was 'posher' at some point.

the correct English term is 'shithouse'..:), shitter, bog, or if you must, then lavatory.

It does seem informal for a newspaper but it’s a local one obviously appealing to a certain crowd. Maybe rectum is too much .

Lol FourFriedChickensDryWhiteToast I was going to suggest outhouse but since they are mostly 'in house' now, I guess shithouse sounds better.

Even though much of English does come from French .eg envelope, louvre etc.

In his bum sounds like he held it between the cheeks.

Should be rectum, maybe they didn't think their readers would understand?

When I was about 8 and at a friends house I was told not to say the word bum in the 'family room'. Apparently bottom was acceptable.

Can't remember why the word came up! Think I had tripped over or something.

Surely it’s rectum?!

If I may quote Hank Moody... Rectum? It damn near killed him.

Isn't the 'family room' a place where you could be relaxed (and maybe a bit rude -whatever that actually means...)?