Bumsicle
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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