Meaning of bum-numbing in English:
bum-numbing
adjective
1(Of an event, activity, performance, etc.) requiring a person to sit for a long period of time; (hence) excessively lengthy, tedious.
2(Of seating) hard or otherwise uncomfortable to sit on.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Canberra Times.
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