What's the difference between bummer and bummery?

Bummer


Definition:

  • (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What a bummer.” Wolf Blitzer and Chuck Schumer said their own goodbyes, and secretary of state John Kerry thanked The Daily Show host for reliably putting him to sleep every night.
  • (2) Feig called the poster "a bummer" and expressed regret that he had so little control over the film's promotional materials.
  • (3) But let’s pause and turn up the bummer dial on the amp and consider a few more practical things: 1.
  • (4) He harps repeatedly on “liberal progressives” and goes back into the history books to castigate them, because otherwise the theory that Obama is not a Beltway centrist bummer and is instead the apotheosis of a “liberal progressive tradition” makes no sense.
  • (5) Slate is the star of the independent film Obvious Child , which has been hugely feted since its release in the States and, somewhat less pleasingly for all those involved in the movie, been dubbed by the US media as “the abortion romcom.” “Ugh, that is such a bummer, that term.
  • (6) Summer on Channel 4, then: quite literally a bummer.
  • (7) For a less chill national party chairman, the kind of headlines about Bannon that have surfaced in the last week could be a real bummer.
  • (8) In the meantime, she knows the reality of trying to beat the spammers: "The bummer is that it's an arms race," Harvey says.
  • (9) Almond and kale smoothie Gwyneth Paltrow juice recipes: Almond & Kale Photograph: Rob White for the Guardian This might sound like a bummer, but it's incredibly delicious and absolutely packed with nutrition.

Bummery


Definition:

  • (n.) See Bottomery.

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