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reaness · 06-23-2002, 06:25 PM

Hi Everyone

I was just curious, so I decided to look up the meaning of Gomer
It's a Hebrew name which means to complete. I just thought you all would like to know that

Irene

Gomer and Lou-Ann Forever

mook42 · 06-23-2002, 07:17 PM

To hospital interns GOMER is an acronym for an unwanted patient. It stands for Get Out of My Emergency Room. Just a little ER trivia. Sorry.

Prince Michael · 07-01-2016, 09:32 PM

There's a character in the Bible's Book of Hosea who was named Gomer . This Gomer was a woman and the wife of Hosea . I wondered if Mama Pyle named Gomer after the character in the Bible . For that matter, a "gomer" is medical slang for a patient in an emergency room who is not in need of emergency services . It does stand for "Get out of my emergency room", reflecting the annoyance of the doctors . It first appeared in widespread print in the medical novel The House of God by Samuel Shem, and although used mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, it is still used today . By the same token, a "gomer" is a student who studies too much and is too concerned about his grades . A word can decrease in popularity, but there'd be a need for the word "gomer", so it'd stick around .

Chocolate Moose · 10-10-2017, 01:45 PM

Shall we do Goober next?

06-23-2002, 06:25 PM	#1
reaness Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 14, 2002 Location: Cumberland, Maryland Posts: 44	The meaning of the name Gomer Hi Everyone I was just curious, so I decided to look up the meaning of Gomer It's a Hebrew name which means to complete. I just thought you all would like to know that Irene Gomer and Lou-Ann Forever

07-01-2016, 09:32 PM	#3
Prince Michael Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2011 Location: Helena, Montana Posts: 296	There's a character in the Bible's Book of Hosea who was named Gomer . This Gomer was a woman and the wife of Hosea . I wondered if Mama Pyle named Gomer after the character in the Bible . For that matter, a "gomer" is medical slang for a patient in an emergency room who is not in need of emergency services . It does stand for "Get out of my emergency room", reflecting the annoyance of the doctors . It first appeared in widespread print in the medical novel The House of God by Samuel Shem, and although used mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, it is still used today . By the same token, a "gomer" is a student who studies too much and is too concerned about his grades . A word can decrease in popularity, but there'd be a need for the word "gomer", so it'd stick around .
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10-10-2017, 01:45 PM	#4
Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,881	Shall we do Goober next?
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06-23-2002, 07:17 PM	#2
mook42 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 30, 2002 Location: North Hollywood, California Posts: 19	To hospital interns GOMER is an acronym for an unwanted patient. It stands for Get Out of My Emergency Room. Just a little ER trivia. Sorry.