bumper sticker

bumper sticker

n. a car or other vehicle following too closely on one’s bumper. (A reapplication of the term for a kind of adhesive sign stuck on a car bumber.) I can’t talk now, I’ve got a bumper sticker that’s taking all my attention.
See also: bumper, sticker
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bumper
  • bumper to bumper
  • bumper-to-bumper
  • up on (one's) bumper
  • up on someone’s bumper
  • nose to tail
  • plus
  • 26+6=1
  • equal
  • banger
References in periodicals archive
"The bumper sticker was brilliant," one person said.
Moz up to the bumper!
But not a single bumper sticker danced into my head.
Man of integrity called us to be our best
The union claimed it holds a service mark on the outline of an apple when used in conjunction with the phrase "Teacher recommended." The phrasing on the governor's bumper sticker violated that service mark, an attorney for the union argued.
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Needless to say, the new bumper sticker went on the car.
Trans-formative: the house across the street from the school
Campaign staffers working on the re-election team for Texas Congressman Steve Stockman released the bumper sticker that read, "If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted.
US Republican's 'if babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted' election slogan sparks outrage
Samantha, who is one of my best friends and is proud of her dad, thought that a better bumper sticker about lawyers would read: "Hug a Lawyer, Make a Friend."
Lawyers deserve to live
The retorts to Pascal's bumper sticker wager are many.
Stickers and slogans be damned!
What does the bumper sticker imply about the man's opinion of that cause?
Cartoon
A BUMPER STICKER PROCLAIMING the Second Coming of Christ reminds the reader to look busy.
Crowded out
A fiery preacher who instigates phone campaigns against pro-choice legislators is different in degree, but not really in kind, from a persuasive one with a rainbow bumper sticker and a repertoire of old anti-war chants.
Editorial
Teenagers in West Hartford, Conn., will be the first in the state to be f given the opportunity to drive with a bright yellow bumper sticker on their cars identifying them as newly minted drivers.
Young and yellow
Hugh Owens responded to the celebration by running his own advertisement in the StarPhoenix for the sale of a bumper sticker. The sticker consisted of four Bible passages (Romans 1, Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, 1 Cor.
Saskatchewan Court overrules Human Rights Commission
I learned by talking to those college students that we won't move anybody but the usual suspects if we talk about Social Security in a vacuum, asking for a yay or nay vote, or attendance at a rally, or the placement of a bumper sticker on a fender.
Don't forget about US! Young people in the Social Security fight
When Dave and Mary Labun of Millinocket, Maine, received an "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart" bumper sticker in the mail from a pro-life group, they weren't sure they wanted to put it on their car.
Bumper Sticker Inspires Girl to Choose Life