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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Despite his controversial legacy, Uribe continues to command strong support among Colombian-Americans in South Florida, where his image adorns cafés, billboards and bumper stickers. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025 Many recognizable details of posters, bumper stickers, cellphones, social media obsession, and partisan mindsets recreate a panicky atmosphere, pointing to it as the source of social division. Armond White, National Review, 23 July 2025 Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers. Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025 The pendulum-swinging inning will not sprout any memorable bumper stickers. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 31 May 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 6 Aug. 2025.

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