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The texture your eyes can feel and your tires resent.
means Having an uneven surface full of lumps, ridges, or jolts — or, by extension, a journey or process full of disruptions and rough patches.
from From 'bump,' itself an imitative word — the kind of blunt, thuddy sound a thing makes when it strikes something, much like 'thump' and 'lump.' English is fond of this trick: building words that mime the noise of the event. 'Bump' first meant the act of colliding, then the swelling raised by such a collision, and finally any protruding lump at all. Tack on the adjective-making '-y' and you get 'bumpy' — full of bumps, an 18th-century-style coinage in spirit if not certainty.
- braille basis
- Bumps let fingertips read entire languages
- goosebumps origin
- Vestigial reflex once fluffed fur for warmth
- road design
- Rumble strips weaponize bumps to wake drivers
- airplane truth
- Turbulence rarely breaks planes, just nerves
road to hana — 64-mile hawaiian highway with 620+ curves and frequent unpaved sections, notorious for jarring vehicle rides
dalton highway — 1,422-mile alaskan road to prudhoe bay with permafrost-buckled surface causing extreme vibration
transfagarasan highway — romanian mountain pass with severely potholed asphalt and washboard surfaces at 2,134 meters elevation