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"Udo Rumpf" wrote in message
: I think that inside almost every glider pilot, there is an Anorak trying to get out. I know I have to suppress my inner Anorak constantly If I remember correctly the term Anorak was used to describe a jacket, as for example a light weight Parka. What other uses does it have? Udo Here's what Google came up with using the search criteria "define: anorak" Definitions of anorak on the Web: * a waterproof jacket of cloth or plastic, usually with a hood, of a kind originally used in polar regions; a parka. http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/aust...strine/a-5.php http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&q=http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/a-5.php * Loose, hooded garment of fabric or fur worn in Arctic regions and adapted from the Eskimo original. www.fashionfix.net/storefront.asp http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.fashionfix.net/storefront.asp%3FpgID%3D13 * parka: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term) wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Danorak * An anorak or parka is a type of heavy jacket with a hood, generally lined with fur or fun fur, so as to protect the face from a combination of sub-zero temperatures and wind. Although of Inuit origin, the word "anorak" is mainly used in Britain, while "parka" is the almost universal name in the United States and Canada. "Parka" is used interchangeably with anorak in Britain. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=3&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak * In British slang, anorak has come to mean "geek" or "nerd", for example from the use of anoraks as the invariable wear of train spotters, and then by extension to refer to anyone with an unfathomable interest in detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population - aided by the intuition that only a geek would wear something so terminally unfashionable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang) http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=4&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_%28slang%29 * Anorak is a British parody on a tabloid. Its slogan is "Keeping an eye on the tabloids". Some claim Anorak is a real newspaper. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(newspaper) http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=5&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_%28newspaper%29 |
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