Beamer

• (BMW car): beamer

Clipping of BMW or IBM +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbimɚ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

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

   • 2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby‎^[1], performed by Kodak Black:

     Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it. […] Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.

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^[2] (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^[3] (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^[4] (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."

• Bermea, Breema, ambeer

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -iːmɐ

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”).

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.

2. (science fiction) beamer
   • 2007, Daniela Hattinger, Die Prophezeiung der Elfen [The prophecy of the elves], Daniela Hattinger, →ISBN, page 230:

     Ja nur fünf Leute in Ustradia dürfen so einen Beamer besitzen und du bist jetzt eine davon! Im Beamer sind Adressen gespeichert wo du dich immer wieder hin teleportieren kannst.

     Yes, only five people in Ustradia are allowed to own such a beamer, and you are now one of them! The beamer stores addresses where you can teleport at any time.

Borrowed from English Beamer.

Beamer m (strong, genitive Beamers, plural Beamer)

1. (slang) Beamer (BMW car)
   • 2022 August 12, Der Macker mit dem Bagger, “Buggy”‎^[5]:

     Ich brauch' keine Klima / Wie in deinem Beamer / Diese Servolenkung is' was für Verlierer

     I don't need an A/C / Like the one in your Beamer / Power steering is for losers

• “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