Bummer

Quick meaning: Bummer is a noun meaning (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

Meaning

(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

More Meanings

1. (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
2. (colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
3. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man.
4. comparative form of bum: more bum
5. 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.
6. (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
7. (slang, dated, drug use) A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip.

Example Sentences

That's a total bummer.

I came to realise that life on crutches is a bummer. It's just fair dinkum like a whole new lifestyle[.]

Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer / Well what a bummer / I can think of a lot worse places to be

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.

Word Forms

• bummers

Synonyms for bummer

Depending on context, synonyms include bloodsucker, bludger, freeloader, gadfly, leech, mooch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homeless, good-bye, bye-bye, goodbye, deception, thin.

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