Lamester
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A person or animal that is lame (unable to walk properly or moving with pain); one who limps.
"[…]: if free from all ſinnes mortall, wounding and waſting the conſcience; elſe, as thoſe Lameſters at the poole of Betheſda, they are too ulcerous, and full of ſores, to be entertained by this King:[…]"
- 2 A person who fails to be cool, interesting or relevant. slang
"Jack Kerouac, standing up there and improvising poems to jazz, was a lousy poet. Not as bad as these guys, of course, but lousy enough. Lamesters attract hordes of imitators: it’s much easier to imitate a flamboyant asshole, bully who gets by, essentially, on intimidating others, than to take the time to really learn what an art is, to really redefine an art for yourself, to learn a craft and find/create a voice. So you ask what I want: I want poetry to be brilliantly written[…]"
Example
More examples"[…]: if free from all ſinnes mortall, wounding and waſting the conſcience; elſe, as thoſe Lameſters at the poole of Betheſda, they are too ulcerous, and full of ſores, to be entertained by this King:[…]"
Etymology
From lame + -ster.
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