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IBMer en · NOUN

Etymology

From IBM + -er.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A person who works for the technology company IBM.
  2. (informal) A user or fan of the products of the technology company IBM.
    • Hello, I'm an IBMer thinking of selling my desktop IBM, and replacing it with some form of Macintosh. 1994 October 10, Eric Gerstenberger, quoting Michael Alan Schaeffer, “Quadra 840AV”, in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:
    • Well, that's nice, but us lowly IBM users can't play it... anybody have either the bells version or the Stinky Whizzleteats version of the happy happy joy joy song in any song format, like .ROL or .MID or (dare I say) .MOD? I'm sure Ren and Stimpy IBMers and Amigaers everywhere would be eternally thankful. I know I would. 1992 September 5, Jenny Lynne Gagne, “HHJJ Song Used In Rubber Nipple Salesmen”, in alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:
    • Have a requirement to convert Mac Quark Xpress to IBM Ascii text format. I'm an IBMer and not familiar w/Macs. 1995 June 5, Chris Montgomery, “Quark Xpress to IBM Ascii”, in comp.sys.mac.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:

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Deriveds

IBMerese