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Bummer
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- 1 comparative form of bum: more bum comparative, form-of
- 1 Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment). colloquial
- 1 A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. historical, obsolete
- 2 A disappointment, a pity, a shame. colloquial
"That's a total bummer."
- 3 A gay man. UK, derogatory, offensive, slang
"You know, the kind of guy who would, if he wasn't gay, probably be shouting ‘Oi, gay boy!’ or ‘You bummer!’ or even ‘Oi, paki!’ or what have you. They're not enlightened."
- 4 a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug wordnet
- 5 An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. US, dated, slang
"“If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something."
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- 6 A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip. dated, slang
"This young man never had a bummer in some 33 LSD trips. Every one of the them was a delight—everything under control. He needed only to snap his fingers, and down he came, anytime. But on Voyage 34, he finally met himself coming down an up staircase, and the encounter was crushing."
- 7 an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing wordnet
- 8 A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Etymology
From German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”), from bummeln (“loaf, loiter, stroll, ramble”).
From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang.
From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang.
From bum (“engage in anal sex”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
From bum + -er (comparative suffix).
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