goomer

English

Etymology

Blend of game +‎ coomer, or made up of game +‎ -oomer (Wojak-naming suffix). Originally the name of a Wojak character (also capitalized as Goomer), popularized on 4chan starting in 2019.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːmə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun

goomer (plural goomers)

1. (4chan, derogatory) A video game addict. [from 2019]

   ok goomer

   • 2019 December 21, anonymous author, “The Goomer”, in 4chan‎^[1]:

     Gaming is a much more significant problem than cooming. A normal person can jerk off for an hour or two a day, max. You can waste your entire life playing video games. And pretending that you're a knight or dragon like a fucking six-year-old is more pathetic than jerking off to trap porn. Tens of millions of young men are wasting their lives away on gaming. This problem will only become more severe as our technological capacities increase.
     Needless to mention, excessive gooming (or any gooming) also leads to the atrophy of your muscles and it eventually turns your brain into mucus much worse than even weed could.
     
     Don't let it happen to you. Don't be a goomer.

   • (Can we date this quote?), anonymous author, “The Goomer”, in 4chan‎^[2]:

     That's exactly what I'm talking about. The 29-year-old goomer. Sits in his shart moisture and sweat all day clicking at pixels while his grandfatger^[sic] had 2 white children by that age, with a third on the way.

   • 2020 January 11, anonymous author, 4chan:

     League and hots are total Goomer tier. It's on par with Fortnite.

Related terms

• goom
  • gooming