transumer

English

Etymology 1

transume +‎ -er

Noun

transumer (plural transumers)

1. A writer who generates innovative and highly original ideas; a writer who transforms the genre in which they write.
   • 1987, Harold Bloom, Ursula K. Le Guin's the left hand of darkness, page 10:

     Le Guin is a grand far-fetcher or transumer of the true tradition of romance we call literary fantasy.

   • 2003 Spring, Peter N. Miller, “Review: Antiquity and Its Interpreters”, in International Journal of the Classical Tradition, volume 9, number 4:

     Of course, as much as he suggests that this offers a window into the intentions of the transumer, he is a good enough historian to recognize that this slide often happens "by pun, by misreading, by free association."

   • 2004, David B. Goldstein, Recipes for authorship:

     The idea that Milton's imitatio operates through a process of gathering and culling rather than one of sublimating and assimilating cuts against the grain of much recent criticism, which views Milton as the great concocter/transumer.

Etymology 2

Coined by Fitch (a global design and business consultancy firm) in 2003 as Blend of transient +‎ consumer

Noun

transumer (plural transumers)

1. A consumer who makes purchases while travelling, such as at airports, train stations, hotels, etc.
   • 2004, Goldstein Andrea, Development Centre Studies Regional Integration, FDI and Competitiveness in Southern Africa, →ISBN, page 29:

     Of the IDZs, East London has received operating permits and the Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) and Richards Bay have been designated as IDZs. The JIA has a sectoral focus on its competitive advantage as a logistics hub as well as its "transumer" potential (for business travellers requiring tourism, consumer and corporate services), avionics and light industrial assembly of various appliances and goods for the SADC and other African markets (Rogerson, 2002).

   • 2009, Tracy L. Meerwarth, Julia C. Gluesing, Brigitte Jordan, NAPA Bulletin, Mobile Work, Mobile Lives, →ISBN:

     Now there are spas and massage stations as well as novel and innovative shopping opportunities in practically every large airport, train station or megahotel that caters to a crowd of “transumers” (consumers in transition), global travelers who increasingly live a transient lifestyle.

   • 2015, Anthony Elliott, Identity Troubles: An introduction, →ISBN:

     It attempts to show that the contours of experimentation encompass both personal shifts (from passenger to transumer) and system transformations (the arrival of 'Airports 3.0').

   • 2015, Timothy S O'Connell, Brent Cuthbertson, Terilyn J. Goins, Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services, →ISBN:

     What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes?

2. A consumer who has a preference for acquiring experiences or temporary goods over permanent possessions.
   • 2007, Paul Stinson, Top Careers in Two Years, →ISBN, page 66:

     Transumers are ready to pay less to rent, lease, or borrow—all in the name of having new things. For example, transumers who become members of Bag Borrow or Steal pay a monthly fee and pick and order handbags, keeping them until they're ready to trade in for a new model.

   • 2011, Luiz Moutinho, Strategic Management in Tourism, →ISBN:

     These requirements have evolved into a sophisticated and complex set of needs centered on achieving a depth and authenticity of experience, the transumer, no longer accepting materialistic, repetitive or staged tourist experiences.

   • 2015, Allan J. Kimmel, People and Products: Consumer Behavior and Product Design, →ISBN:

     Consistent with this profile, transumers are persons who are turning to transitory experiences as a means of liberating themselves from a lifestyle overwhelmed by the ownership of material goods - products that are rapidly out of date or obsolete, in need of maintenance and upgrades, and increasingly taking up large chunks of time, budgets, and physical space.