"lamer" meaning in English

See lamer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-lamer.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From lame + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lame|er}} lame + -er Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} lamer
  1. comparative form of lame: more lame Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: lame (extra: more lame)
    Sense id: en-lamer-en-adj-wMsye29k

Noun

Audio: En-au-lamer.ogg Forms: lamers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From lame + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lame|er}} lame + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} lamer (plural lamers)
  1. (slang, derogatory, demoscene, gaming, warez, dated) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence. Tags: dated, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Demoscene, Gaming Translations (a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence): peelo [slang] (Finnish), láma [slang] [gaming, games, demoscene, computing, lifestyle, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Hungarian), 厨房 (chūbō) (alt: ちゅうぼう) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-lamer-en-noun-MHnaUyd0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 18 24 27 27 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 23 22 26 26 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Topics: computing, demoscene, engineering, games, gaming, lifestyle, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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