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2 identifiers linking lamer across the web's reference databases
8 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
2 identifiers linking lamer across the web's reference databases
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Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what they were doing. Today it is also loosely applied by IRC, BBS, demosceners, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible. In general, the term has come to describe someone who is willfully ignorant of how things work. It is derived from the word "lame".