Meanings
lamer1
plural lamers
- datedderogatoryslangcomputingA person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.
2009, John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 2981 more example
Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.
1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, →ISSNAntonyms: elite
Lamer2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
Origin
Translations
Finnish peelo
- peeloa person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence
Hungarian láma
- lámaa person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence
Japanese 厨房
- 厨房 (chūbō)a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence
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lamer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamer
“lamer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lamer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamer.
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