English

Noun

Beamer ‎(plural Beamers)

1. (slang) A BMW car.
2. (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 title of the work)^":

     "What do you mean by a 'Double Beamer'? I asked.//With a grin, he replied, "An IBM Employee driving a BMW."

German

Etymology

A pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɐ/

Noun

Beamer m ‎(genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)

1. video projector

Descendants

• Beamer (LaTeX)

Synonyms

• Projektor

English

Noun

beamer ‎(plural beamers)

1. (cricket) A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but passes the batsman at head height.
2. (chiefly by non-native speakers) A projector.
   • 2004, John Rodney Turner, Managing Web Projects, ISBN 0566085674, page 210:

     The plan can be projected on to a white board, […] or by using a beamer (data projector).

3. Alternative letter-case form of Beamer ‎(“BMW car”)
4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Alternative letter-case form of Beamer ‎(“employee of IBM”)
   • 1986 March 22, “Schenectady Gazette”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     ...nearby apartment complexes are dubbed "beamer Barracks" for their yuppie "beamer" — or IBM — occupants

   • 1997 August 18, Jan S., “Re: Funny IBM stuff from Katza”, in misc.writing, Usenet:

     It's a shame he wasn't around when one of his best buddies said to a room full of beamers that something (what they'd just offered to a customer) ought to make the customer "as happy as two snakes fuckin' in a bucket of snot".

5. (gymnastics, slang) a gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam ("beam")

Synonyms

• (BMW): beemer, bimmer, BMW
• (IBM Employee): IBMer

Dutch

Etymology 1

beamen ‎(“to assent”) +‎ -er ‎(“-er”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːmər
• IPA^(key): /bəˈaːmər/
• Hyphenation: be‧amer

Noun

beamer m ‎(plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A consenter, who assents to a statement

Etymology 2

A pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.mər/
• Hyphenation: bea‧mer

Noun

beamer m ‎(plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A video projector

Anagrams

• berame