CBer

Or CB'er

[see-bee-er]

noun

Informal.

1. a person who owns and operates a CB radio.

2. an enthusiast or devotee of CB radio.

Word History and Origins

Origin of CBer¹

First recorded in 1960–65; CB + -er ¹

Example Sentences

He served from 2016 until earlier this year as the director of CBER, the division at FDA that regulates vaccines and other complex pharmaceuticals.

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Even with the unprecedented jump in CBER’s post-election confidence survey, executives were less optimistic about hiring than they were about growth in any other category.

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However, Dr. Peter Marks, deputy director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, or CBER, said science does not support reducing the deferral period further.

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“The reasons why these samples went unnoticed for this long is something that we’re actively trying to understand,” said Peter Marks, CBER’s deputy director, adding that the boxes were in a seldom-accessed storage area.

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