Joe Strummer

English

Noun

Joe Strummer (plural Joe Strummers)

  1. (rhyming slang) A bummer (“a disappointment, a pity”).[1]
    • 1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 49:
      Another total downer is being skint, likesay. Pure Joe Strummer, man.

References

  1. ^ “Joe Strummer n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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