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Anorak

//ˈænəɹæk// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a kind of heavy jacket wordnet
  3. 3
    A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains. UK, slang

    "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."

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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