bumper sticker
nounEtymology From bumper + sticker.
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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.
- He has a bumper sticker on his van that reads "faster than a speeding ticket".
- My space in the teachers' parking lot was next to Henry's. His back bumper had two stickers: "I'd Rather Be Golfing" and "He who dies with the most toys WINS!"2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35
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- Many longtime residents strongly oppose the extremism of the newcomers, sporting bumper stickers that say, “Don't Californicate Colorado.”2012 [2001], Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 65:
- Are bumper stickers, as a folk art, on the decline? Yes — in fact, a lot of luxury cars don’t even have bumpers anymore.2012 September 21, Pagan Kennedy, “Who Made That Bumper Sticker?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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US, Figuratively Canned insight; a slogan or saying that is trite or superficial.
- bumper-sticker philosophy
- "It's like a status thing, you know? 'My kid's special because he's got a peanut allergy.' I'm surprised they don't have a bumper sticker for it."2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.7, at p.157
- Related terms
- lapel pin