Meanings
plural IBMers
- informalA person who works for the technology company IBM.
- informalA user or fan of the products of the technology company IBM.
Hello, I'm an IBMer thinking of selling my desktop IBM, and replacing it with some form of Macintosh.
1994 October 10, Eric Gerstenberger, quoting Michael Alan Schaeffer, “Quadra 840AV”, in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 20262 more examples
Well, that's nice, but us lowly IBM users can't play it... anybody have either the bells version or the Stinky Whizzleteats version of the happy happy joy joy song in any song format, like .ROL or .MID or (dare I say) .MOD? I'm sure Ren and Stimpy IBMers and Amigaers everywhere would be eternally thankful. I know I would.
1992 September 5, Jenny Lynne Gagne, “HHJJ Song Used In Rubber Nipple Salesmen”, in alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026Have a requirement to convert Mac Quark Xpress to IBM Ascii text format. I'm an IBMer and not familiar w/Macs.
1995 June 5, Chris Montgomery, “Quark Xpress to IBM Ascii”, in comp.sys.mac.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
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IBMer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IBMer
“IBMer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IBMer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “IBMer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IBMer.
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