[Magdalen] Timely c***noscopy query.

[Roger Stokes]

On 02/06/2016 09:20, Allan Carr wrote:
> I remember when I first heard this word "bummer" from my step-daughter 
> in the mid 1970's. It was strange and I never forgot it. Today, out of 
> curiousity, I looked it up and, in Merriam Webster, found First Known 
> Use: 1966 In 1966 at this first use, I was already 35. I'll bet most 
> of you never thought about it and assumed it had been around forever. 
> The definition makes it more clear: An unpleasant experience (as a bad 
> reaction to a hallucinogenic drug). I'm trying to remember the British 
> useage, but it's already morning. Maybe tomorrow (by which I mean 
> later today). 

Basically the same.  I can't remember when I first heard it.

Roger