Word: bummer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from a prepared typescript. But then, eager to give his measured words emphasis, he starts his right hand stirring the air in tight counterclockwise loops. And before long, like one of his new turbocharged cars, he revs up and zooms off, quoting himself, zigzagging between '60s idiom ("flip out," "bummer") and mild profanity, tossing away irreverent asides like empty beer cans. Hyperbole comes naturally, and repeatedly: to the analysts in Detroit, he said Chrysler's admittedly successful mini-van is "the hottest new product . . . in your lifetimes." Says Douglas Fraser: "I'm a hip shooter. I'll admit...
Ward, a senior, was more succinct "it was a bummer...
...spunk of that sprightly warhorse. Now the Pentagon plans to change both with a sometimes klutzy replacement burdened by a certainly klutzy name: the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The manufacturer, AM General Corp., calls it the Hummer. No way, says the Army: that rhymes with bummer. It prefers "the HummVee," hardly a name likely to catch on with the average grunt...
...bummer might have the inside track. The vehicle, which comes with power steering and automatic transmission and can perform a wide variety of tasks, costs $27,000, nearly twice as much as a Jeep. But its radiator sometimes leaks, its tires are less sturdy than hoped, and it is too heavy (7,500 lbs.) to be transported by helicopter as easily as the Jeep. According to one study, "It achieved an average of only 367 mean miles between mission failures, vs. a requirement of 1,300." Translation: it breaks down too often. Company President Lawrence Hyde argues, "Everything cited...
...Bergmann, doesn't like the struggle for the top spot. "If you're not in it one day at practice it's a bummer, but it keeps your working," the Choale product said...