What (who) is lamer - definition
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L4m3r; Lamzor
lamer
Someone in a strategy, combat, or other style of multiplayer competitve game who uses tactics which are either unskilled, particularly cowardly, or ludicrously easy to pull off (compared to their effectiveness). That is, someone who is being cheap or lame in a game.
(adj) What a lamer strategy.(n) That guy's such a lamer.
(adj) What a lamer strategy.(n) That guy's such a lamer.
lamer
<jargon> A hopelessly clueless luser.
(1997-01-31)
Lamer
Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what they were doing. Today it is also loosely applied by IRC, BBS, demosceners, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible.
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Lamer
Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what they were doing. Today it is also loosely applied by IRC, BBS, demosceners, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible. In general, the term has come to describe someone who is willfully ignorant of how things work. It is derived from the word "lame".
A lamer is sometimes understood to be the antithesis of a hacker. While a hacker strives to understand the mechanisms behind what they use, even when such extended knowledge would have no practical value, a lamer only cares to learn the bare minimum necessary to operate the device in the way originally intended.
Pronunciation examples for lamer
1. ♪ And now I see they're getting lamer
Living Thing _ Peter Bjorn and John _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of lamer
1. Which makes "Flyboys‘ " pedestrian drama –– about a group of Yanks who move to France to battle tri–wing German fighters –– and videogame lameness all the lamer: This is a lost opportunity on an epic scale.