bumper sticker

noun

: a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message and designed to be stuck on a vehicle's bumper

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Other Tesla owners have resorted to bumper stickers to distance themselves from Musk. April Rubin, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025 Los Angeles has gone all in on hyper-specific bumper stickers — the weirder the better. Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025 This type of reaction goes beyond that one car; the Cybertruck has a unique penchant for being the target of vandalism, and people appear to be making a killing selling anti-Musk bumper stickers to disgusted Tesla owners. Patrick George, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025 The exterior is painted in bold turquoise and purple stripes, string lights adorn the multilevel porch seating areas, live music is a regular occurrence, and the dining room walls are covered in neon signs, surf boards, bumper stickers, and all kinds of other beachy paraphernalia. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bumper sticker

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bumper sticker was in 1948

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“Bumper sticker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumper%20sticker. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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