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themer en · NOUN

Etymology

From theme + -er.

Meanings

1. One who themes something.
2. One who themes something. ▸ One who develops a visual theme for software.
   • This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming. 2013, Liran Tal, Drupal 7 Media:
3. (qualifier:crosswording) An entry in a crossword that forms part of the theme.
   • One themer that ended up on the cutting room floor here is HEADSPACE, a word I find myself using pretty often (e.g. "I'm not in the right HEADSPACE for that right now"). 2024 September 17, Sally Hoelscher, quoting Olivia Mitra Framke, “Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's crossword, You've Come to the Right Place”, in USA Today:
   • The first of the themers is SPARRING PARTNER (“Opponent who helps train a boxer”) — which, as the revealer indicates, includes the word PAR twice. 2022 October 9, Rachel Fabi, “So Simple!”, in New York Times:
   • I threw in a bonus with ASTHMA – Longest familiar word in the English language that begins and ends with a vowel with no vowels in between (though you may not want to use that clue since there is no symmetrical themer). 2023 October 15, Stu Ockman, Will and Me: Confessions of a Crossword Junkie, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:

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