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		gst on Sept 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtr... The word "Beamer" is a German word that isn't really used (in that context) in any other language. Same as with "Handy" for smartphones.

hawski on Sept 29, 2020 [–]

Oh, must have been my time spent in Germany. As Wikipedia disambiguation page says:

> Beamer

> Video projector, a pseudo-Anglicism in a number of languages including German, Dutch, Latvian and Swiss French

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