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noun
A forager especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
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But it's striking how many words from the hippie era are still with us, from "uptight" to "bummer" to "freak show". As brief as the moment was, it changed the way we think and talk.
When Facebook emphasised "news" in its feed, the entire world of journalism had to reformulate itself to Bummer standards.
The manipulations are not perfect, but they are powerful enough that it becomes suicidal for brands, politicians, and other competitive entities to forgo payments to Bummer enterprises.
Back to bummer town.
Welcome to Bummer Town, population chicks.
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They were forced to become Bummer in order to not be annihilated by it.
If you had something sitting in your camera roll already that you wanted to upload… well, bummer.
It's going to be a bummer to lose the hemlocks".
It doesn't have to be a bummer to talk about your relationship if it's a regular thing that you do, not something that you only do when one of you is super pissed.
Even one or two drinks can be enough to register on a breathalyzer test, leading to a bummer of a birthday night.
This collective dream begins to disintegrate rather fuzzily (cue the Vietnam War), coming to a bummer climax in the 1970s (cue an unsmiling Jimmy Carter in a cardigan) and culminating in the ascension of the Smiler in Chief, Ronald Reagan, whom Mr. Moore introduces as a "spokesmodel for president".
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