gomer
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A naive and inept trainee or worker.
2. An undesirable hospital patient, one who may be unpleasant, senile, or unresponsive to treatment.
3. A conical chamber used in guns and mortars.
💬 Usage Examples
“I was certain any gomer could figure the plan.” Robert Barr; For the Love of Flight; Dorrance Publishing; 2014. “Another category of gomers was little old ladies in their seventies whose chief complaint was constipation.” Otis Webb Brawley, MD; How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America; St.
Martin’s Press; 2011.