Beamer
See also: beamer
English
Alternative forms
- (BMW car): beamer
Etymology
Clipping of BMW or IBM + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
Beamer (plural Beamers)
- (slang) A BMW car or motorcycle.
- 2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:
- Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
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- (slang) An employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
- 1995 August 27, Bill Campbell, “Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...”, in alt.2600, Usenet:
- If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership.
- 2000 August 24, Eugene Miya, “Re: Offtopic--the IBM Watson's as bosses?”, in comp.sys.super, Usenet:
- Okay a few days have passed and the Beamers had chance to answer.
- 2003 January 14, Shawangunk, “Re: Kingston, NY - Web Designer Wanted”, in alt.culture.ny-upstate, Usenet:
- Thanks to IBM's departure, housing can't sell for the high numbers that only the Beamers could afford... not the majority.
- 2012 April 12, “"Laughter, the Best Medicine @Work"”, in "Editors of Reader's Digest, editors,(Please provide the book title or journal name)":
- "What do you mean by a 'Double Beamer'? I asked.//With a grin, he replied, "An IBM Employee driving a BMW."
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Anagrams
- Bermea, Breema, ambeer
German
FWOTD – 6 June 2019
Etymology
From beamen (“to beam; to project”) + -er; the former from English beam (“to transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism”). Inasmuch as the English verb does not share the figurative sense “to project”, the German is a pseudo-anglicism. Compare the same in Dutch beamer (“video projector”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːmɐ/
Audio (file)
Noun
Beamer m (strong, genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)
- video projector
- Synonym: Projektor
- 2004, Nathalie Huber, Ohne Bilder im Bilde. Eine qualitative Studie zur Mediennutzung und Medienbewertung von blinden Menschen in Deutschland, Lit Verlag, →ISBN, page 39:
- Bei dieser Filmvorführung handelt es sich um das Abspielen einer DVD (oder Videokassette), die durch einen Beamer auf eine Leinwand projiziert wird.
- This movie presentation consists of a DVD (or VHS) being casted on a screen by a projector.
Declension
Declension of Beamer [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Beamer | die | Beamer |
| genitive | eines | des | Beamers | der | Beamer |
| dative | einem | dem | Beamer | den | Beamern |
| accusative | einen | den | Beamer | die | Beamer |
Further reading
- “Beamer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Beamer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Beamer” in Duden online
- “Beamer” in OpenThesaurus.de
Beamer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de