In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BUMMER
bummer
(noun) a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
bummer
(noun) an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; “having to stand in line so long was a real bummer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bummer (plural bummers)
(obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
Synonym: Thesaurus: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.
Etymology 2
Adjective
bummer
comparative form of bum
Etymology 3
Noun
bummer (plural bummers)
(colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
Interjection
bummer
(colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
Etymology 4
Noun
bummer (plural bummers)
(British, slang, uncommon) homosexual male
Source: Wiktionary
Bum"mer, n.
Definition: An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]
BUM
Bum, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.]
Definition: The buttock. [Low] Shak.
Bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bummed (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bumming ( Etym: [See Boom, v. i., to roar.]
Definition: To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.
Bum, n.
Definition: A humming noise. Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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