bummer
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bummer¹
- /ˈbʌ.mɚ/
Rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”).
noun bummers
- A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
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An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
“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.
Similar: bloodsucker, bludger, bummer, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, moocher, parasite, scrounge, 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.
bummer²
- /ˈbʌ.mɚ/
Rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang.
noun bummers
- A disappointment, a pity, a shame. That's a total bummer.
- A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip. 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.
interjection
- Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
bummer³
- /ˈbʌ.mɚ/
Rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
noun bummers
- A gay man. 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.
bummer⁴
- /ˈbʌ.mɚ/
Rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
adjective
- comparative form of bum: more bum
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: homeless, good-bye, bye-bye, goodbye, deception, thin, dammit, golly, slender, dead, damage, injury, tough, luck, harm, mojo
Translations
Talk about this word "bummer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bummer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bummer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bummer "bummer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bummer.Cite this
@misc{bummer_2026,
title = {bummer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bummer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
