bumper sticker

See also: bumper-sticker

English

Alternative forms
  • bumper-sticker

Etymology

bumper + sticker

Noun

bumper sticker (plural bumper stickers)

  1. (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.”
    • 2012 September 21, Pagan Kennedy, “Who Made That Bumper Sticker?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      Are bumper stickers, as a folk art, on the decline? Yes — in fact, a lot of luxury cars don’t even have bumpers anymore.
  2. (US, figurative) Said of canned insight; a slogan or saying that is trite or lacks depth.
    bumper-sticker philosophy

Descendants
  • → Dutch: bumpersticker

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