What does bump mean?

[mewmewkittyboy]

I'm new to the site and when I was searching for an rp I saw people respond with "bump" and it confused me. I didn't want to look stupid so is bump supposed to be a secret code for I'm interested? O.O

 

[Cyra V]

It's really just a quick post to get the thread back up to the top of the list so more people will see it again

 

[Gashnaw]

Bump stand for
Bring Up My Post
Which on forum sites such as Blue moon, means bringing your post back to the top of the front page.

 

[Chaos]

bump it bump it bump it up.
it's funny that it's an acronym.
i dont think of it as that.
i just see it as, bump it up.