bummer
A disappointment, a pity, a shameA disappointment, a pity, a shame.
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6 senses(colloquial)A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
That's a total bummer.
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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.
(historical, obsolete)A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
More meanings 3
(US, dated, slang)An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
(dated, slang)A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip.
(UK, derogatory, offensive, slang)A gay man.
- an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing
- a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
Origin
Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”).Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”).
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