bummer

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.mɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”). ==== Noun ==== bummer (plural bummers) (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger 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. ===== Derived terms ===== bum (noun) === Etymology 2 === From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang. ==== Noun ==== bummer (plural bummers) (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame. (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. ===== Derived terms ===== Obummer ===== Related terms ===== bum out ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== bad trip psychedelic crisis ==== Interjection ==== bummer (colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From bum (“engage in anal sex”) + -er (agent noun suffix). ==== Noun ==== bummer (plural bummers) (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man. Matt (interviewee) quoted in 2021, Laura Dixon, Gender, Sexuality and National Identity in the Lives of British Lifestyle Migrants in Spain (page 108) 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. ===== Derived terms ===== bumder ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From bum + -er (comparative suffix). ==== Adjective ==== bummer comparative form of bum: more bum === Further reading === “bummer n.2 (sodomite)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “bummer n.3 (tramp)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “bummer n.4 (bummer trip)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bum (“to ask for something for free”), from bum (“homeless person”), a back-formation from (now dated) bummer (“idle person”), from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔ.me/ === Verb === bummer (transitive, North America, slang) to bum (ask for something for free) ==== Conjugation ====