Meanings
plural collabers · alternative collabber
- informalA collaborator.
All my writes are done, just waiting on my collabers to finish it up, but no rush there.
2001 October 17, DR, “MASTERPIECE THEATRE -- INTERMISSION”, in alt.rap (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jun 20253 more examples
Also I'd like to say we are th^([sic]) laziest collabers in here. […] I began to ear wreck now high-tec, a quarter of the hottest collab verse trek solo […]
1999 November 30, MUZ, “**Classic- 4 Surgeons**”, in alt.rap (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025I just finished the Diabolo.ca Collaboration video project! Thanks to all you collabers out there, I really appreciate the effort, without you there was no video (doh). Also, a lot of thanks to my friend Pieter (g0t) which helped me with the editing, he had some great input. It was a great succes,^([sic]) with a total of 34 collabers I used the footage from for the final video and 8 minutes worth of superduperawesomeness (including credits though :p).
2006 August 15, Martijn Halekor, “Diabolo.ca Collaboration video”, in rec.juggling (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025Anyway, I really like the idea of a 4 object collaboration video. I've done the diabolo.ca collab video, and the result was absolutely awesome. I really enjoyed doing the editing, and receiving all the awesome stuff from the collabers.
2006 November 12, Martijn Halekor, “Four Object Collaborative Video”, in rec.juggling (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025
Origin
From collab + -er. Coined by American gossip journalist Walter Winchell in 1937 as collabber.
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