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🧑‍💻 An uncool person 😒 Weaker or worse
lamer

lamer

3 9.5
A person who is not skilled and seems uncool online
  • noun
  • /ˈleɪmər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : perdedor
  • The new game was so lamer than the previous version that hardly anyone wanted to play it.
  • even lamer

Examples

  • Could there have been a lamer excuse?

    Academic text (1991)

  • Could this party get any lamer?

    American Reunion (2012)

  • Could this team be any lamer?

    Bad News Bears (2005)

  • So naturally, he tried to cover up his stupid duck joke with an even lamer one.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Perhaps never has there been a lamer misunderstanding of social interaction.

    Blog text (19)

  • Most people just use their console with original content and are not lamers who rip games.

    Blog text (11)

  • Okay, but listen, even those lamer dudes, they don't have to pump anything, remember?

    Deepwater Horizon (2016)

  • But if you're going to be a lamer who never sends out a gift, don't bother.

    Blog text (29)

  • His attempt at humor was just lamer than I expected from him.

  • I can't believe how lamer the excuses for not attending the meeting were.

Synonyms

loser
vslamer
  • Offensive
810 4.8

A person who often fails and who others look down on

is about being unskilled or uncool often in online groups
dullard
vslamer
  • Offensive
5 7.8

A person who is slow to understand things

labels poor skill or uncoolness rather than slow mental speed
hoser
vslamer
  • Offensive
4 9.9

A person who behaves foolishly and cannot be trusted

is used more for lack of skill or uncool online behaviour not unreliability
lamebrain
vslamer
  • Offensive
3 9.3

A person who is not very smart

focuses on lack of skill and social uncoolness rather than low intelligence
no-account loser
vslamer
  • Offensive
9.6

A person others think is useless and not successful

attacks lack of skill or uncool reputation rather than overall worth

Antonyms

pro
  • Informal
384 3.7

A person who is paid to do something they are very good at

expert
3 3.5

Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area

How Skilled

expert
∞ 3.2
skilled
172 3.5
competent
114 3.6
lamer
  • Offensive
3 9.5
unskilled
6 2.9
beginner
81 1.0

Surface Forms

lamer singular
lamers plural

Morphology

lamer = lame (transparent) = lame + er

Agentive/person noun formed by adding '-er' to the adjective 'lame' (informal/slang usage), so the derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

As a noun, lamer comes from calling someone lame ('uncool' or 'weak') and adding -er to mean 'one who is lame', so online a lamer is 'a person seen as unskilled or uncool'.