The whole "bammer" thing

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

I've been doing a little lurking on some Auburn boards this week and I've noticed that they love to refer to Bama fans as "bammers". Is this supposed to be some kind of slanderous title? Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance here but I just don't feel a sting from it. Is this really the best they can do?

 

[SoldierForTide]

I agree, and I have no idea what it even means. However, barner is much more effective

 

[IHateUT]

I find it hysterical and often refer to myself as a "bammer"

 

[SoldierForTide]

I find it hysterical and often refer to myself as a "bammer"

Could you define "bammer" please, seriously I have no idea what it means.

 

[NeverWrong]

I find all the little names the teams in the SEC have for each other rather childish. But that's just my opinion.

 

[theBIGyowski]

I think it comes from combining the term "homer" with "Bama"...thus creating "bammer". The word "homer" is most often used when describing a fan who thinks their team is perfect and always the best...no matter what. So...most of the time...overzealous Bama fans are referred to as "Bammers".

There will be a test on this information this Saturday at 2:30pm.

Thank you.

 

[Whiz]

i believe it was derived from the song Rammer Jammmer Yellow Hammer because we say "Give' em hell Alabama" and they say that Alabama doesn't rhyme with Hammer. So, they make fun of our song by saying Alabammer, which is where bammer comes from.

 

[cbi1972]

i believe it was derived from the song Rammer Jammmer Yellow Hammer because we say "Give' em hell Alabama" and they say that Alabama doesn't rhyme with Hammmer. So, they make fun of our song by saying Alabammer, which is where bammer comes from.

Every Southerner knows hammer is pronounced "hammah"

 

[Bama 13-0]

I always thought it was making fun of a redneck accent, i.e. "Bammer" is a redneck way of saying "Bama". You'll also often see "dem Bammers" instead of "those Bama fans". Yes, ouch.

 

[IHateUT]

Could you define "bammer" please, seriously I have no idea what it means.

Neither do I...I just think it's a funny sounding word.

 

[SoldierForTide]

Do people even know where Aubie is outside of the Southeast?

 

[theBIGyowski]

Do people even know where Aubie is outside of the Southeast?

It's in Michigan...right? :conf3:

Auburn, MI

 

[cbi1972]

Do people even know where Aubie is outside of the Southeast?

Welcome to Auburn, Georgia

 

[SoldierForTide]

Welcome to Auburn, Georgia

OOOoooOOO I bet its nice in the fall.

 

[BamaJeff]

Actually Auburn is in Mississippi.
Auburn, MS.

 

[BamaJeff]

No wait....it's in Kentucky.
Auburn, KY.

 

[IHateUT]

No...

Auburn, WA

 

[cbi1972]

Auburn, NY

 

[TideRollsInVa]

Auburn, CA, I once camped there, let's see, it was 11-09-74 and I drove to bar to watch BAMA beat LSU 30-0, drove to the bar, walked back to the camp site. Good wine country :biggrin2:

http://maps.ask.com/maps?a1=&a2=Auburn%2c+CA#1

 

[TideFan in AU]

Living over here with these idiots is quite interesting to say the least. Most of the seem to refer to themselves as the "uptown" or "sophisticated" fans. They actually make redneck jokes about Alabama fans all the time. I always ask how a supporter of the Cow *****e College could come to the conclusion that they are the "class" of the state. They are fighting over the closing of the campus trailer park, oh wait, I'm sorry, it's the Trailer COURT!! They even have a website for it http://www.campustrailercourt.net It seems the new owners are wanting to boot out current students, and the students are fighting it. Below is the actual letter written to the tenants. Very "uptown" and "sophisticated" huh?? Its turned into quite a bugaboo over in Cow Land.

http://web6.duc.auburn.edu/~moranch/CampusCourt/changeofownership.pdf