Gomere

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment. derogatory, rare, slang

    "Ina Goober, whom I admitted six times last year. A gomer, or rather, the feminine, gomere."

Example

More examples

"Ina Goober, whom I admitted six times last year. A gomer, or rather, the feminine, gomere."

Etymology

From gomer "an undesirable hospital patient", with French -e, by analogy to feminine nouns in French, such as cuisinière.

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