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bumsicle

bumsicle noun: a homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter.

Noun

bumsicle (plural bumsicles)

  1. (informal) A homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter.
    • The 'bumsicle', as the jaded hospital doctors called him, had been frozen to the sidewalk and it took him and his partner a real solid effort to pry him off.2003 September 30, laurelc [username], “[atxc-pi] NEW: Popsicle toes (1/1)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • […] “Apart from this guy, you been busy?”
      She shook her head. “Not the past two days. Not even a bumsicle.” She glanced at the steely sky. “That'll change. Snow tonight.”2008, Simon R. Green, “Lucy, at Christmastime”, in Charlaine Harris, Toni L. P. Kelner, editors, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, Ace Books, →ISBN

Forms of bumsicle

pluralbumsicles

Origin of bumsicle

From bum (“homeless person”) + -sicle.

Questions about bumsicle

What does bumsicle mean?
Bumsicle means a homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter.
What part of speech is bumsicle?
Bumsicle is a noun.
What is the plural of bumsicle?
The plural of bumsicle is bumsicles.

Words near bumsicle in the dictionary

  1. bums around
  2. bums in seats
  3. bums on seats
  4. bums out
  5. bumshoving
  6. bumsicle
  7. bumsicles
  8. bumsquabbled
  9. Bumstead
  10. Bumsteads
  11. bumster

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