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floatingatoll
1862 days ago
What is the expansion of the acronym “GaMeR”? I’ve not seen it before and I want to be sure I understand.
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plttn
1862 days ago
They're just spongebob texting "gamer".
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cylde_frog
1862 days ago
I think he's making fun of the over the top gamer branding some technology products have.
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unwind
1862 days ago
It's not an acronym, it's the word "gamer" written in something akin to leetspeak [1].
[1]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
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bcjordan
1862 days ago
Believe it's use of Mocking Spongebob style
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mocking-spongebob
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floatingatoll
1862 days ago
Oh.
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tmathmeyer
1862 days ago
its "gamer" like "video game player". not an acronym.
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floatingatoll
1862 days ago
That's incomplete, it turns out; apparently it's a weirdly capitalized form of "gamer" with sarcastic/disrespectful intent towards the referenced group.
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