bumster

English

Etymology

Uncertain, apparently from bum +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmstə/

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Noun

bumster (plural bumsters)

1. (chiefly attributive) A pair of very low-cut trousers which reveal part of the buttocks.
   • 2010 February 12, Rajini Vaidyanatham, BBC News Magazine:

     Today the sight of muffin tops over jeans or a sneaky flash of bottom cleavage might not seem too shocking [...], but when McQueen first sent out his models in bumsters, it was a radical departure and attracted many column inches of comment and debate.

   • 2011 May 4, Jane Martinson, The Guardian:

     And he would have relished the juxtaposition of the wedding dress with the infamous bumster trousers that are, as of this week, on show in the Metropolitan Museum.

2. In The Gambia, a young man who solicits money or favours from tourists, sometimes in exchange for sex.
   • 2006, Craig Emms, Linda Barnett, The Gambia, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 93:

     Believe us when we say, the one thing that is most likely to spoil your holiday in The Gambia is constantly getting hassled by bumsters.

   • 2007, Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Transcultural Bodies, Rutgers, published 2007, page 302:

     In The Gambia, [...] hundreds of young, middle-aged, and elderly female tourists [...] flood the beaches and resorts of Senegambia, Fajara, Kotu, and Kololi each year in search of sexual liaisons with local young men known as bumsters.

   • 2009, Brian Boniface, Chris Cooper, Worldwide Destinations, Butterworth-Heinemann, published 2009, page 447:

     there is concern in this traditional Muslim society about some of its social manifestations such as sex tourism and beach hustling by bumsters.

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