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English term or phrase:
deep anorak
Spanish translation:
empollón de tomo y lomo
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Carolina Villegas
Jun 22, 2006 16:56
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Un músico comentando uno de sus vídeos dice:
"This is one song I get requested in live shows to do. It's a little bit sort of "deep anorak" but people ask me to do it."
No entiendo el sentido de "deep anorak", ¿alguien me puede echar un cable? ¡Gracias!
Un músico comentando uno de sus vídeos dice:
"This is one song I get requested in live shows to do. It's a little bit sort of "deep anorak" but people ask me to do it."
No entiendo el sentido de "deep anorak", ¿alguien me puede echar un cable? ¡Gracias!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | empollón intenso |
Simon Brown
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| 3 | para apoyar la respuesta de Simon |
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
deep anorak
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empollón intenso
Anorak: Term used interchangeably with geek, techie, or nerd. It derives from the stereotype that all technical people resemble the stereotypical anorak-wearing trainspotter; in other words, that they are obsessive, slightly antisocial, and overly knowledgeable about matters that interest very few other people.
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-06-22 17:14:16 GMT)
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Será tal vez un tema electrónico que recuerda a los estudiosos de la física o a los que van por ejemplo a los aeropuertos con el único fin de apuntar los números de los aviones... Estas personas son "anoraks"
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-06-22 17:14:16 GMT)
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Será tal vez un tema electrónico que recuerda a los estudiosos de la física o a los que van por ejemplo a los aeropuertos con el único fin de apuntar los números de los aviones... Estas personas son "anoraks"
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Egmont
: empollón de tomo y lomo...
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Muy interesante. Tu respuesta me hizo buscar el significado y aprendí algo que no sabía :D
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Comment: "¡Muchísimas gracias a todos! Yo también he aprendido un término nuevo. :)"
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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English term (edited):
deep anorak
para apoyar la respuesta de Simon
¿Estarán hablando acaso de la banda Marillion?
Acá hay una historia interesante sobre la evolución del término, en el sentido que da Simon en su respuesta:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang)
Anorak (slang)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In British slang, anorak has come to mean "geek" or "nerd." There are two possible explanations for the evolution of this usage of the word. The first (and probably best known) explanation is that it stems from the use of anoraks (a type of rain jacket) by train spotters, and eventually came to be used to refer to anyone with an unfathomable interest in trivial information regarded as boring by the rest of the population—aided by the intuition that only a geek would wear something so terminally unfashionable.
The word can be qualified by the area in which the person takes an (implied) excessive interest; for example in education, a "timetabling anorak" would be someone who found the process of timetabling classes fascinating. Also, recently this word has come to mean a blend of the nerd and geek cultures, and is especially used to refer to the more obsessive science fiction fans.
Another theory holds that the usage is derived from the weatherproof upper clothing worn by enthusiasts of offshore radio who would, despite their lack of familiarity with maritime life, sometimes travel from British ports in small boats to visit the ships from which their outcast heroes broadcast during the 1967–76 period. The collective impression of their brightly coloured garments in the coastal murk of the North Sea was presumably memorable to the crews of those "pirate ships" who had restricted contact with the mainland due to the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act and the visits might have had an important morale-boosting role, although the wearers of the garments might often have regretted the discomfort of those sea-tossed journeys. In rough weather the anoraks were far more visible than their distressed wearers; hence they were identified by the style of their outer garments. The term was reportedly coined by Andy Archer, a disc jockey of the period. The usage became generalised to mean an obsessive enthusiast of any outdoor activity, and later to an enthusiast of other unfashionable activities.
*******Anorak can also mean a supporter or fan of the English band Marillion.*******
Acá hay una historia interesante sobre la evolución del término, en el sentido que da Simon en su respuesta:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang)
Anorak (slang)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In British slang, anorak has come to mean "geek" or "nerd." There are two possible explanations for the evolution of this usage of the word. The first (and probably best known) explanation is that it stems from the use of anoraks (a type of rain jacket) by train spotters, and eventually came to be used to refer to anyone with an unfathomable interest in trivial information regarded as boring by the rest of the population—aided by the intuition that only a geek would wear something so terminally unfashionable.
The word can be qualified by the area in which the person takes an (implied) excessive interest; for example in education, a "timetabling anorak" would be someone who found the process of timetabling classes fascinating. Also, recently this word has come to mean a blend of the nerd and geek cultures, and is especially used to refer to the more obsessive science fiction fans.
Another theory holds that the usage is derived from the weatherproof upper clothing worn by enthusiasts of offshore radio who would, despite their lack of familiarity with maritime life, sometimes travel from British ports in small boats to visit the ships from which their outcast heroes broadcast during the 1967–76 period. The collective impression of their brightly coloured garments in the coastal murk of the North Sea was presumably memorable to the crews of those "pirate ships" who had restricted contact with the mainland due to the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act and the visits might have had an important morale-boosting role, although the wearers of the garments might often have regretted the discomfort of those sea-tossed journeys. In rough weather the anoraks were far more visible than their distressed wearers; hence they were identified by the style of their outer garments. The term was reportedly coined by Andy Archer, a disc jockey of the period. The usage became generalised to mean an obsessive enthusiast of any outdoor activity, and later to an enthusiast of other unfashionable activities.
*******Anorak can also mean a supporter or fan of the English band Marillion.*******
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