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Gomer can refer to several things:

  • Gomer, eldest son of Japheth, mentioned in the Old Testament Books of Genesis and Ezekiel; often equated with the Cimmerians (Gimirru), and identified by Flavius Josephus with the Galatians(see also Gomerian).
  • Gomer also appears as the name of the adulterous wife of Hosea, a prophet within the Hebrew Bible's Book of Hosea.
  • Gomer, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France
  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a spinoff TV show of the late 1960s. Its title character, Gomer Pyle, was based on the character from The Andy Griffith Show.
  • GOMER is an acronym for Get Out Of My Emergency Room, applied by American physicians to anyone coming in for a fraudulent or trivial reason. This phrase is believed to have been coined by Samuel Shem in his 1978 classic "The House of God"
  • Gomer is a Real Radio character, a TV and Movie actor. Heard every Saturday night from 7PM-10PM on SBK Live, WTKS-FM 104.1 sbk.wtks.com . Originally getting his start from The Shannon Burke Show, he has gone on to Co-Star in a movie Some Diamonds a Dog and some Dudes.
  • Gomer Press is the name of Wales' largest independent publisher.
  • Gomer is also a name adopted by fans of the music group Third Day.
  • Gomer can also be used as an insult, meaning a dumb person.
    • As an example, the insult is used by a taxi driver in the feature film Splash, starring Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah. "Up yours, Gomer, I'm waiting on a fare."

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