Beamer

See also: beamer

English

Alternative forms

• (BMW car): beamer

Etymology

Clipping of BMW or IBM +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

Beamer (plural Beamers)

1. (slang) A BMW car or motorcycle.
   • 2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:

     Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc

2. (slang) An employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
   • 1995 August 27, Bill Campbell, “Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...”, in alt.2600‎^[1] (Usenet):

     If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership.

   • 2000 August 24, Eugene Miya, “Re: Offtopic--the IBM Watson's as bosses?”, in comp.sys.super‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Okay a few days have passed and the Beamers had chance to answer.

   • 2003 January 14, Shawangunk, “Re: Kingston, NY - Web Designer Wanted”, in alt.culture.ny-upstate‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Thanks to IBM's departure, housing can't sell for the high numbers that only the Beamers could afford... not the majority.

   • 2012 April 12, “"Laughter, the Best Medicine @Work"”, in "Editors of Reader's Digest, editors, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^":

     "What do you mean by a 'Double Beamer'? I asked.//With a grin, he replied, "An IBM Employee driving a BMW."

Anagrams

• Bermea, Breema, ambeer

German

FWOTD – 6 June 2019

Etymology

From beamen (“to beam; to project”) +‎ -er; the former from English beam (“to transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism”). Inasmuch as the English verb does not share the figurative sense “to project”, the German is a pseudo-anglicism. Compare the same in Dutch beamer (“video projector”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Beamer m (strong, genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)

1. video projector

   Synonym: Projektor

   • 2004, Nathalie Huber, Ohne Bilder im Bilde. Eine qualitative Studie zur Mediennutzung und Medienbewertung von blinden Menschen in Deutschland, Lit Verlag, →ISBN, page 39:

     Bei dieser Filmvorführung handelt es sich um das Abspielen einer DVD (oder Videokassette), die durch einen Beamer auf eine Leinwand projiziert wird.

     This movie presentation consists of a DVD (or VHS) being casted on a screen by a projector.

Declension

Declension of Beamer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Beamer	die	Beamer
genitive	eines	des	Beamers	der	Beamer
dative	einem	dem	Beamer	den	Beamern
accusative	einen	den	Beamer	die	Beamer

Further reading

• “Beamer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Beamer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Beamer” in Duden online
• “Beamer” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Beamer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de