Beamer

See also: beamer

English

Alternative forms

• (BMW car): beamer

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

Beamer (plural Beamers)

1. (slang) A BMW; usually refers to a motorcycle, sometimes used to reference cars as well.
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^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3] (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."

Anagrams

• Bermea, Breema, ambeer

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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 (genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)

1. video projector
   • 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.

Synonyms

• Projektor

Descendants

• Beamer (LaTeX)

Further reading

• “Beamer” in Duden online