lamer en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From lame + -er.
Meanings
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(comparative, form-of) comparative form of lame: more lame
form of lame
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
lamer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From lame + -er.
Meanings
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(dated, derogatory, slang) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.
1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, →ISSN:Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.
2009, John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 298:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lamers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (3)
ja 厨房 (a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence) · fi peelo (a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence) · hu láma (a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence)