When you are have spent too much time with someone you care about or love and need a break in order to recharge and prevent damage to the relationship with said individual.
-adjective. Feeling reallydepressed and sad about an issue. gloomy; morose. Affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful; mournful. To be in such a saddened state such as when you miss someone or something that you can't stop thinking about that person or something
Dude... my girlfriend couldn't come over today. I REALLY miss her a lot. I feel really bummed out! :(
In New Zealand, "bummed out" can have a different meaning from just being depressed or sad.
It can also be commonly used here to describe someone who thought they were so right and very insistent about how correct they were about something, but then ends up being proved wrong.
When this happens you can say that person has been "bummed out".
A similar meaning and often preceding saying to "bummed out" is the interjection, "shame!". Indicating that the person should feel shame (or even "shamed out") for being wrong when they thought they were so right.
Person 1 - Hey, did you know that pineapples don't grow on trees?
Person 2 - Yes they do, don't be so dumb, you idiot!
Person 1 - Go google it then...
Person 2 - Oh yea, true, guess you're right.
Person 1 - Oh shame! You just got bummed out bro!
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.