Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:35:21 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sitting inside, looking out... Message-ID: <37A9CB59.ABB78856@airnet.net> References: <19990803164207.A46171@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <30735.933704575@critter.freebsd.dk> <19990804163923.A13708@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19990805104106.A13504@caamora.com.au> <19990805015147.D1109@marder-1>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 10:41:06AM +1000, jonathan michaels wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 04:39:23PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > > > But why stop at t-shirts? FreeBSD boxer shorts? Bra and panties? Anoraks? > > > > > > OK, maybe not the last one. > > > > so what is an anorak(s), i take it that the (s) means more than > > one of then ? > > > > this leads tot he question "OK, maybe not the last one." > > refering to the anorak word ? > > > > i've heard this word lots of times and all the time its a > > different style of jacket being refered to, though they all > > seem to agree it comes from your neck of the world, so i > > thought i'd ask you. > > > > They're a weather-proof jacket, usually made from nylon or polyester > with filling/padding for warmth. > > The reason for "OK, maybe not the last one" is because, in the UK > at least, the word is used as a derogatory term for someone who is > considered boring, originally applied to train-spotters (because > they all wear anoraks to keep them warm whilst stood on railway > stations for hours), but now used for people who spend all their > time on their computers and talk about little else. A kind of polite > version of "sad bastard". This was stabbing at my as a word I was recently acquainted with. I didn't remember seeing it here and then I remembered: Simon, the BOFH. -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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