- Slang one who lives by bumming
- Slang any unpleasant or unsatisfactory thing or experience: orig., an unpleasant drug experience
Origin of bummer
from bum + -er
This is a bummer.
- Getting detention and having to stay after school is an example of a bummer.
- When you take LSD and have a bad trip, experiencing unpleasant visions, this is an example of a bummer.
- When you hang around all day, have no job and live in your parent's basement, this is an example of a time when you are a bummer.
The definition of a bummer is slang for something undesirable, unpleasant or annoying, or is slang for a bad reaction to a drug, or is a lazy person who hangs around all day without a job or purpose.
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bummer
noun
- Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer.
- Slang An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug.
- a. A loafer or idler.b. A beggar.
Origin of bummer
From bum 1 adj. Sense 3, probably from German Bummler loafer from bummeln to loafTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural bummers)
- (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
Origin
From German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“loaf”).
Origin
From bum + -er (“comparative forming”).
Interjection
- Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
Origin
From bum + -er (“agency forming”).
Origin
From bum (“buttocks”) + -er (“agency forming”).
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Sentence Examples
- Bummer. Link is quick to hop to the rescue and sets off on his adventure.
- While it might seem like a bummer to spend your summer vacation working, it's actually a good way to spend your time.
- Everything from the monsters to the landscape is a three-dimensional work of art, although in some cases, it's kind of a bummer that there isn't much detail to certain specifics even with such great technology.
- Some Caribbean destinations are better suited to adults, and touching down at one of these island hot spots, kids in tow, can be a real vacation bummer.
- Bummer, I bet your venom is to die for.
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