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Jammer vs Gammer - What's the difference?

jammer | gammer |

As nouns the difference between jammer and gammer

is that jammer is any device used to jam radio reception while gammer is (obsolete) an old woman.

jammer

English

(jammers)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any device used to jam radio reception.
  • A form of swimwear used by athletes.
  • * 2001 , Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming, Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:39:52 GMT, Subject: Re: Laying out in Myrtle Beach
  • As for me, I wear a dragsuit to the pool, and regular trunks to the beach. In competitions, I wear speedos, but am more comfortable in "jammers ", which is a half-bodysuit.
  • * 2006 , David West, 140.6 - One Man's Journey: The Metamorphosis from Casual Runner , page 62
  • In early May, I was starting to swim in jammers which I was not accustomed to or comfortable wearing. I have always thought that wearing spandex is an earned privelege, not a birthright.
  • * 2007 , Janet Evans, Janet Evans' Total Swimming , page 5
  • Enter jammers' in the mid-1990s. ' Jammers have the look of biking shorts with skin-tight Lycra covering the thigh to mid-thigh or the knee, depending on the cut.
  • A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
  • (roller derby) A player in who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
  • See also

    * windjammer ----

    gammer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old woman.
  • See also

    * a 16th century English comedy.

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