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by HWR_14 1543 days ago
It's the military term for Humvee - the huge vehicle that was popular for a while when gas was cheap. Or rather "hum vee" is how it is pronounced and the civilians spelled it phonetically.
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"Hummer" was the brand name of the consumer version:

https://youtu.be/GEMRkQmh9WI

I originally wrote hummer, but I thought that was a slang term. Thanks