bummer
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Is bummer a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.historicalobsolete
2. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.Examples: "“If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something."Synonyms: bloodsucker, bummer, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, moocherUSdatedslang
noun (English)
1. (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.Examples: "That's a total bummer."; "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"; "I came to realise that life on crutches is a bummer. It's just fair dinkum like a whole new lifestyle[.]"colloquial
2. (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.Examples: "This young man never had a bummer in some 33 LSD trips. Every one of the them was a delight—everything under control. He needed only to snap his fingers, and down he came, anytime. But on Voyage 34, he finally met himself coming down an up staircase, and the encounter was crushing."datedslang
intj (English)
1. (colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).colloquial
noun (English)
1. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man.Examples: "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."UKderogatoryoffensiveslang
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary