Word Of The Day: Foamer

October 5, 2009 ·
Filed under: Advanced Life Forms, Brooklyn

A term railroad employees use to describe a railroad enthusiast / railfan and the railfan community at large. Most often used disparagingly. (Engineer to conductor aboard a freight train)

“Man, we got some foamers ahead taking pictures…they need to just get a life and find something to do besides hang around the tracks all day.”

See: Boerum Place; October 4, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.