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Bummer
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noun
1.
the unpleasant aftermath of taking narcotic drugs, especially frightening hallucinations or unpleasant physical sensations.
2.
any unpleasant or disappointing experience: That concert was a real bummer.
interjection
3.
(used to express disappointment, frustration, or the like): Looks like we're having a test tomorrow—bummer!
noun
1.
a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
2.
a tramp, hobo, or derelict.
3.
Informal. an enthusiast of a specific sport or recreational activity, especially one who gives it priority over work, family life, etc.: a ski bum; a tennis bum.
4.
Informal. an incompetent person.
5.
a drunken orgy; debauch.
verb (used with object)
6.
Informal. to borrow without expectation of returning; get for nothing; cadge: He's always bumming cigarettes from me.
7.
Slang. to ruin or spoil: The weather bummed our whole weekend.
verb (used without object)
8.
to sponge on others for a living; lead an idle or dissolute life.
9.
to live as a hobo.
adjective Slang.
Verb phrase10.
of poor, wretched, or miserable quality; worthless.
11.
disappointing; unpleasant.
12.
erroneous or ill-advised; misleading: That tip on the stock market was a bum steer.
13.
lame: a bum leg.
14.
Idiomsbum around, Informal. to travel, wander, or spend one's time aimlessly: We bummed around for a couple of hours after work.
15.
bum (someone) out, Slang. to disappoint, upset, or annoy: It really bummed me out that she could have helped and didn't.
16.
on the bum, Informal.
a.
living or traveling as or in a manner suggesting that of a hobo or tramp.
b.
in a state of disrepair or disorder: The oven is on the bum again.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; perhaps shortening of or back formation from bummer1; adj. senses of unclear relation to sense “loafer” and perhaps of distinct orig.
1860–65, Americanism; perhaps shortening of or back formation from bummer1; adj. senses of unclear relation to sense “loafer” and perhaps of distinct orig.
Synonyms
2. vagabond, vagrant.
2. vagabond, vagrant.
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Word Origin & History
bum
"dissolute loafer, tramp," 1864, Amer.Eng., from bummer "loafer, idle person" (1855), possibly an extension of the British word for "backside" (similar development took place in Scotland, 1540), but more prob. from Ger. slang bummler "loafer," from bummeln "go slowly, waste time." Bum first appears in
EXPANDa Ger.-Amer. context, and bummer was popular in the slang of the North's army in Amer. Civil War (as many as 216,000 Ger. immigrants in the ranks). Bum's rush "forcible ejection" first recorded 1910. Bummer "bad experience" is 1960s slang.
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Slang Dictionary
bum (sth) (off (so)) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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