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[ME Michaud]

Still say bummer. My recollection is that it evolved from "bummed out,"
which meant (more or less) situationally depressed.

American English differs from British here. A bum in Amercan English is a
poor person, a hobo. Not a derriere.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:35 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 02/06/2016 09:20, Allan Carr wrote:
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>> I remember when I first heard this word "bummer" from my step-daughter in
>> the mid 1970's.
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