23 March 2018

gomer

[goh-mer]

noun, Slang.

1. an undesirable hospital patient.
2. an enemy aviator, especially in a dogfight.
3. an inept or stupid colleague, especially a trainee (US military slang)

Origin of gomer

1965-1970 First recorded in 1965-70; of disputed orig.

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Examples from the Web for gomer

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

gomer stands for the Germans in part, for those who descended from gomer.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
Joseph Wild

The gomer chamber (which see) is generally adopted in our service.
The Sailor’s Word-Book
William Henry Smyth

That the descendants of the gomer moved northward and established themselves in parts of Germany seems to be an established fact.
The Prophet Ezekiel
Arno C. Gaebelein

Slang definitions; phrases for gomer

gomer

noun

A patient needing extensive care; a vegetative comatose patient : We got a real gomer in from ICU yesterday/ He says the guy’s a total gomer now (1960s+ Medical)
A first-year Air Force Academy cadet, esp a clumsy trainee (1950s+)
[origin uncertain; medical sense said to be an acronym of ”get out of my emergency room”]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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