bumper sticker
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bumper sticker (plural bumper stickers)
- (US) An adhesive label or decal, usually applied to the bumper or back end of an automobile, and displaying a short political, promotional, philosophical, or humorous message.
- Synonym: (UK) car-sticker
- He has a bumper sticker on his van that reads "faster than a speeding ticket".
- 2012 [2001], Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 65:
- Many longtime residents strongly oppose the extremism of the newcomers, sporting bumper stickers that say, “Don't Californicate Colorado.”
- (US, figurative) Said of canned insight; a slogan or saying that is trite or lacks depth.
- bumper-sticker philosophy
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: bumpersticker
Translations
[edit]sticker
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canned insight
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]bumper sticker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia