Etymology

bummer

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Today it means: A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. Full definition →

German Bummler
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bummer · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromBummler
  2. German · borrowed fromBummler
  3. English todaybummer

Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”).

bummer · noun, interjection2

From bum (“make unhappy”) + -er (agent noun suffix), originally US drug slang.

bummer · noun3

From bum (“engage in anal sex”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

bummer · adjective4

From bum + -er (comparative suffix).

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