gomer

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Latin gomor in the Vulgate, from Ancient Greek γομόρ (gomór) in the Septuagint, from Hebrew עומר ('ómer, “sheaf; unit of dry measure”). ==== Noun ==== gomer (plural gomers) (historical units of measure, archaic) Alternative form of omer: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. === Etymology 2 === After Louis-Gabriel de Gomer, the French artillery officer who invented the design. Attested in English since the early nineteenth century. ==== Noun ==== gomer (plural gomers) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars. === Etymology 3 === Likely from the oafish fictional character Gomer Pyle from the 1960s American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. ==== Noun ==== gomer (plural gomers) (slang, derogatory) A stupid, awkward, or oafish person. (US, military slang, derogatory) An inept trainee or serviceperson. (US, military slang) An opponent in combat or in training. (husbandry) A male animal (cattle, swine, horse mainly) used to arouse a female or detect, through her induced behavior, her hormonal availability for reproduction. Also called a teaser, a gomer may or may not be neutered, unless this element draws the line between those two synonyms. This particular meaning could also be the originator of the Gomer Pyle entry and not be a derivative. ===== Synonyms ===== (a stupid person): See Thesaurus:idiot. ===== Hyponyms ===== Gomerette, gomerette === Etymology 4 === Uncertain. Perhaps the same as, or influenced by Etymology 3, above. It is frequently claimed that the word is an acronym for "grand old man of the emergency room", or for "Get Out of My ER", the latter story popularized by the 1978 novel The House of God by Samuel Shem. John Algeo (1991) notes that various people claim the word is an acronym or is borrowed from Hebrew גמר (G-M-R, “finish; complete”), but suggests that these accounts are dubious. He concludes that a connection to Gomer Pyle or to the "stupid, awkward person" sense of the word is the most likely source. The Oxford English Dictionary online (2003) likewise treats the "undesirable patient" and "stupid person" senses as uses of the same word. ==== Alternative forms ==== GOMER gomere (female equivalent) ==== Noun ==== gomer (plural gomers) (medical slang, derogatory) An undesirable hospital patient, or a patient who does not need medical care. (slang, derogatory) A dirty, senile, or otherwise unpleasant patient. (slang, informal) A patient who does not respond to medical treatment. ===== References ===== Samuel Shem (1978) The House of God, New York: Dell. John Algeo (1991) Fifty Years Among the New Words, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “gomer, n3.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2003. === Anagrams === Moger == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, borrowed from English gomer, from Latin gomor in the Vulgate, from Ancient Greek γομόρ (gomór) in the Septuagint, from Hebrew עומר ('ómer, “sheaf; unit of dry measure”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡomər/ [ˈɡo.mər] Rhymes: -omər Syllabification: go‧mer === Noun === gomer (plural gomer-gomer) gomer, omer === Further reading === “gomer”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016