As nouns the difference between rummer and bummer
is that rummer is a large drinking-glass studded with prunts to ensure a safe grip, popular in the rhineland and the netherlands from the 15th century to the 17th century while bummer is (obsolete) a forager especially in sherman's march to the sea of november to december 1864 or bummer can be a disappointment, a pity, a shame or bummer can be (british|slang|uncommon) homosexual male.
As an adjective bummer is
(bum).
As an interjection bummer is
exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
rummer
Noun
(
en noun)
A large drinking-glass studded with prunts to ensure a safe grip, popular in the Rhineland and the Netherlands from the 15th century to the 17th century.
bummer
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) A forager especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Derived terms
* (noun)
Etymology 2
From bum + .
Adjective
(head)
(bum)
Etymology 3
From bum + .
Noun
(
en noun)
A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
- That's a total bummer .
Related terms
* bum out
Interjection
(
en interjection)
Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
Etymology 4
From .
Noun
(
en noun)
(British, slang, uncommon) homosexual male
