Bumsicle

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter. informal

    "The 'bumsicle', as the jaded hospital doctors called him, had been frozen to the sidewalk and it took him and his partner a real solid effort to pry him off."

Example

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"The 'bumsicle', as the jaded hospital doctors called him, had been frozen to the sidewalk and it took him and his partner a real solid effort to pry him off."

Etymology

From bum (“homeless person”) + -sicle.

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