IMer

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English

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Etymology

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From IM +‎ -er.

Noun

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IMer (plural IMers)

  1. Someone who uses instant messaging.
    • 2007, Bill Daley, Computers Are Your Future, page 70:
      Another threat to the use of IM is a phenomenon known as spimming. Spimming is to IM as spam is to e-mail. Some aggressive spimmers learned how to take over one IMer's contact list — threatening a company's entire IM system!
  2. (swimming) A swimmer who competes in the individual medley race.
    • 2021 August 11, Joe Randleman, “Magnificent Meghan: Donald ready to defend state swimming titles for Ames High”, in Ames Tribune[1]:
      "When I first joined ACAC (Ames Cyclones Aquatics Club), we were swimming together in a lane and I ended up going behind her," Hala said. "We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you? She told me no."
    • 2022 February 25, Dan D'Addona, “Zeeland swims to OK Rainbow Conference title”, in The Holland Sentinel[2]:
      "Jipping had himself a meet," Scheerhorn said. "He used to be an IMer and backstroker. This season, we knew we needed someone else in the 200 free and seeing that five-second drop in prelims was incredible. He swam lights out."

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