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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Nammer en · NOUN

Etymology

From Nam + -er.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A Vietnamese person.
    • For example, in Canada, Dillabough and Kennelly (2010) found that Vietnamese girls developed a subcultural style identified as the 'Nammers' associated with spandex clothing […] 2015, T. Barber, Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain, page 175:
    • She placed the skaters at one end of the school, writing “hot guys” beside their name, and the Nammers or Vietnamese group in another corner, writing “cool kids” beside their name. 2008, S. Pomerantz, Girls, Style, and School Identities: Dressing the Part, page 67:
    • "Nammers?" She'd told him before of some Vietnamese gang pressuring her to stroll for them. "Don't even ask. You don't want to know." 1998, Joseph Ferone, Boomboom, page 24:

Forms

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Nammers Number=Plur lexicographic