anorak
noun/ˈænəɹæk/
Etymology * Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq. * (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains).
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A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
- Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:
- He has described himself as the uber-geek, an anorak's anorak, a standard bearer for fellow Star Trekkies everywhere, and his air of bland, amiable bafflement has served him remarkably well in a string of TV and film roles.2007 February 15, Maev Kennedy, “I used to say he was England's answer to John Cusack. Now I think he's England's answer to Jack Lemmon”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- foamer, rivet counter, trainspotter