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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmédiocre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mey-dyokr
"Cette herbe est vraiment médiocre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Cannabis or marijuana of very poor quality, potency, or flavor.
"He refused to smoke the bammer that was being passed around at the party." - 2
Anything that is disappointing, fake, or of markedly inferior standard.
"That concert ticket turned out to be a total bammer once we realized it was counterfeit."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in American slang during the late 20th century, 'bammer' emerged in hip-hop culture and urban centers, likely derived from 'bomb' used in reverse or as a pejorative variant. Initially used in the 1980s and 1990s West Coast cannabis culture to describe low-quality or fake marijuana, its semantic scope later broadened in colloquial speech to denote anything of inferior quality, disappointing nature, or fake.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bammer" is said worldwide
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médiocre
Transliteration: mey-dyokr
"Cette herbe est vraiment médiocre."
minderwertig
Transliteration: min-der-ver-tig
"Er hat mir minderwertige Ware verkauft."
scadente
Transliteration: sha-den-te
"Questo prodotto è piuttosto scadente."
chafa
Transliteration: cha-fa
"Esa mercancía salió muy chafa."
xing ling
Transliteration: shing ling
"Comprei um produto meio xing ling."
घटिया
Transliteration: ghatiya
"यह माल बहुत घटिया है।"
劣质货
Transliteration: liè zhì huò
"这种劣质货我才不要。"
싸구려
Transliteration: ssa-gu-ryeo
"그것은 완전히 싸구려 물건이다."
粗悪品
Transliteration: soaku-hin
"そんな粗悪品を買ってはいけない。"
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