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foamer

foamer

1 9.5
A person who loves craft beer and tries different kinds
  • noun
  • /ˈfoʊmɚ/
  • Jargon
: aficionado a la cerveza
  • The bar was packed with foamers eager to try the latest seasonal ales.

Examples

  • He's such a foamer for craft beer that he brews his own.

  • John is a true foamer of craft beer.

  • As a dedicated foamer, she travels to beer festivals across the country.

  • Many foamers attended the beer festival this year.

  • As a dedicated foamer, he spends every weekend visiting new craft breweries.

  • The festival attracted a large crowd of foamers, all eager to taste unique beers.

  • She joined a local club for foamers to share her love of artisanal brewing.

Synonyms

beer drinker
vsfoamer
6 1.0

A person who often drinks beer

is more enthusiastically devoted with strong interest in brewing and tasting

How Enthusiastic

foamer
  • Jargon
1 9.5
aficionado
24 7.7
enthusiast
81 3.4
fan
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

foamer singular
foamers plural

Morphology

foamer = foam (opaque) = foam + er

Although the form looks like foam + -er, the craft-beer fan sense is a slangy extension and is not a predictable agent noun meaning for most learners.

Etymology

Foamer comes from foam ('the froth on a drink') plus -er meaning 'a person who does something'. Think of someone who loves craft beer and its thick head of foam — a foamer is simply a very enthusiastic beer fan.