bum out



bum out

Sl. to have a bad experience. (Originally referred to a bad experience with drugs.) Are you going to bum out again tonight? Man, is he bummed out!
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bum someone out

Sl. to disappoint someone. This menial job really bums me out. The bad movie bummed out the entire audience.
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bum out

1. Depress, sadden, dispirit, as in He's been really bummed out since his girlfriend moved to California. [Slang; late 1960s]
2. Annoy, irritate, vex, as in That haircut will really bum out his parents. [Slang; c. 1970]
3. Fail badly, as in I got through the midterm, but I bummed out totally on the final exam. This usage is student slang. [Late 1960s]
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bum out

1. in. to have a bad experience with drugs. (Drugs.) I bummed out on angel dust.
2. in. to have any bad experience. The test was horrible. I bummed out, for sure.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anatolijs-Latvian
Djehutimesu-Ancient Egyptian
Giselbert-Ancient Germanic
Ithaii-THAY-ie (English)Biblical
BrunoBROO-no (German), BRUW-naw (Polish)German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
BogusŁAwbaw-GUW-swahfPolish