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Beamer
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See also: beamer
English
Alternative forms
- (BMW car): beamer
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiːmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbimɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
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
- 2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby, performed by Kodak Black:
- Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it. […] Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.
- (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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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”).
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.
- (science fiction) beamer
- 2007, Daniela Hattinger, Die Prophezeiung der Elfen [The prophecy of the elves], Daniela Hattinger, →ISBN, page 230:
- Ja nur fünf Leute in Ustradia dürfen so einen Beamer besitzen und du bist jetzt eine davon! Im Beamer sind Adressen gespeichert wo du dich immer wieder hin teleportieren kannst.
- Yes, only five people in Ustradia are allowed to own such a beamer, and you are now one of them! The beamer stores addresses where you can teleport at any time.
Declension
Declension of Beamer [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
Noun
Beamer m (strong, genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)
Declension
Declension of Beamer [masculine, strong]
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