Gomer
Gomer (גֹּמֶר, Standard Hebrew Gómer, Tiberian Hebrew Gōmer) is the eldest son of Japheth, and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. (Genesis x. 2, 3; I Chronicles i. 5, 6). He is traditionally identified with the Cimmerians. The eponymous Gomer, "standing for the whole family," as the compilers of the Jewish Encyclopedia expressed it, is also mentioned in Ezekiel xxxviii. 6 as the ally of Gog, the chief of the land of Magog. Josephus placed this legendary Gomer and the "Gomerites" in Anatolian Galatia (Antiquities of the Jews, I:6): "For Gomer founded those whom the Greeks now call Galatians, but were then called Gomerites."
Gomer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France.
Gomer: Stands for Get Out Of My Emergency Room. This applies to anyone who comes in for a bogus reason. For example, a person comes in drunk rating less than 50 on the blaylock scale. Mainly, the term refers to people who by definition "Lost-often through age-what goes into being a human being".
Gomer was first introduced in the book by Samuel Shem "The House of God" - a nickname for a teaching hospital.
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