bumper sticker

noun

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of bumper sticker

: 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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Recent Examples of bumper sticker from the Web

Banners, bumper stickers, trash talkin’, cheers, groans and lots of Monday morning quarter backing.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "What real patriotism looks like," 4 Apr. 2018
Get ready to see #OneTexas and One Texas t-shirts, bumper stickers, shot glasses and ashtrays.

— jeff wilson, star-telegram, "One Texas? Rangers to learn it, live it, love it," 20 Feb. 2018
Its iconic logo was equally well-known and its bumper stickers graced thousands of cars, bathroom walls and even a Gin Blossoms album.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "A favorite piece of Louisville's past surfaces at a thrift store, but it's not for sale," 15 Feb. 2018
Car Culture Tailgate parties, political bumper stickers, bored teenagers cruising the byways of small towns -- all these could become things of the past as cars change from prized possessions to on-demand utilities.

— Bloomberg.com, "Self-Driving Cars Will Kill Things You Love (And a Few You Hate)," 13 Feb. 2018
The bumper stickers are scheduled to be distributed at 47 events between now and the end of April, O'Brien said, with more likely to be added.

— paul a. smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Sportsmen for Wetlands initiative wells up in Wisconsin," 7 Feb. 2018
Despite the political divide, Mr. Duffy said his mother kept his Duffy bumper sticker on her car.

— kristina peterson, WSJ, "Who’s Reaching Across the Political Aisle? Mom and Dad," 6 Mar. 2018
According to police, Oswalt and another person placed the bumper stickers, which contained a racist slur for African Americans, on two cars belonging to social activists parked outside the First Alternative Natural Foods Co-Op.

— shane dixon kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, "OSU student govt. rep, under fire for white nationalist views, now faces felony hate crime charges," 1 Feb. 2018
Oh, and as the bumper sticker says, the floggings will continue until morale improves.

— danny westneat, The Seattle Times, "Of Seattle tunnels and ‘ghost Jaguars’: Sense makes a little comeback," 19 Jan. 2018

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