bummer
bummer Lexical Profile
bummer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An annoying, disappointing, or unpleasant situation or experience (informal).
"Missing the concert because of a flat tire was a real bummer."
American A lazy person, vagrant, or soldier who loots and forages aggressively, especially during the American Civil War (historical).
"Historical accounts describe how the bummers foraged through the countryside ahead of the main army."
• interjection
Used in informal speech to express mild disappointment, sympathy, or frustration.
"Bummer! I was really hoping to catch that train before it left."
• Rhymes for bummer
Word Origin & Etymology
Originally used in mid-19th-century American English, likely from German 'Bummler' (idler, loafer), to describe a foraging soldier or vagrant; the modern sense of an unpleasant or disappointing experience emerged in 1960s counterculture slang as a shortening of 'bum trip'.