(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.
Sponger
Definition:
(n.) One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
(n.) One employed in gathering sponges.
(n.) Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
Example Sentences:
(1) He had described them as “spongers”, the man told the BBC.
(2) At the other end of the market Roger Martin, a local teacher running for the hard-left Front de Gauche, warned of a climate in France where myths about immigrant criminals and so-called benefits spongers were taking hold.
(3) Harvey is a telling target: a fitting symbol of the myth that it is the shirkers and spongers around us who are to blame for our ills.
(4) The German backlash was severe, with the media denouncing Greek spongers and feckless southern Europeans while attacking Merkel for betraying the principles supposed to underpin the euro.
(5) Bending primarily inoperable omphalocele can be avoided by simply using Stülpa tube-dressing together with a spongering.
(6) Calling on “decent” Germans to act, she said: “If you’re not of the opinion that all refugees are spongers who should be hunted down, burned or gassed, then you should make that known, oppose it, open your mouth, maintain an attitude, pillory people in public.” 'Flowers, candles and coffee were waiting for us': Syrians find warm welcome in Germany Read more Her appeal came a day after the head of the intelligence service, Hans-Georg Maassen, warned that a small number of rightwing extremists were in danger of escalating a wave of attacks.