Common New Uses
Lamer is now commonly applied to individuals perceived to be contemptible. The proliferation of computer-mediated communication media such as IRC or BBSes may be partly responsible for bringing the term into common parlance.
Lamer has become a word used in the same way that stupid, idiot, and retarded are used to describe something contemptible.
Generally, the more specialized and developed the culture, the more lamer is used as it was defined originally. In less exclusive cultures such as online gaming and IRC, the term has lost its original meaning.
Lamer can also be synonymous with, or at least similarly defined to, griefer in certain gamer circles; whereas a griefer plays the game solely to earn enjoyment from the frustration of other players (including and especially their teammates), a lamer's only reason for playing the game is to earn points (usually by killing an opponent) even if they use dirty tactics to get their way.
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