Talk:Anorak (slang)

Notes

The first paragraph and the second paragraph of this article seem to be contradictory. Does the word stem from offshore radio enthusiasts or train spotters? TastyCakes 17:31, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

"In British slang, anorak has come to mean "geek" or "nerd", ... and then by extension to refer to anyone with an unfathomable interest in detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population...." Oh dear, are they talking about us Wikipedians? Kevintoronto 20:42, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think someone is just trying to get their slang term to catch on. --Spud

• Oh no, this is legitimate British slang. See Roy Cropper. Ground Zero | t 21:33, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

i've heard of the word "anorak" used in reference to a type of british music subculture. to be more specific, i somewhere read that the band "the pastels" was an anorak band. can someone with more knowledge confirm or deny this?

mention should be made, of its similarity to the word Otaku (in it's "geek" sense) --Quiddity 02:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Anorak is often used to refer to "twee pop". Someone more familiar with its origin should add to the article.

the offshore radio paragraph

is very poorly written. I couldn't understand most of it.

I ended up doing a huge cleanup of this page, it was a mess. --RJBrowning (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I removed it entirely for the want of reputable sources. Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer has put his diary for 1974 online here and while there's a mention of a visit by 50 fans on a ship on June 1, there is nothing which merits inclusion in this article. Petecarney (talk) 17:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I listened to a programme on BBC Radio 4 about Radio Caroline. Andy Archer mentioned how they saw people buying anoraks ready to come out to visit the ship. Later Radio Caroline broadcast a show from the deck of their ship to give the visitors something to see, Andy Archer said "He was delighted to see so many anoraks..." on air. http://www.azanorak.com/ (what is an anorak) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.45.9 (talk) 13:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Dubious

The "Anorak Nation: What is an Anorak?" does not appear to be a reliable source, more like a self-published blog. Petecarney (talk) 09:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

(Mostly) young?

The article says:

[...] it soon became derogatorily used for any group of (mostly) younger people

yet I am under the impression that it is rather the opposite, the archetypical anorak being a balding middle aged man who won't stop rambling about his trains. Any input on this? For the time being I marked that part with the Citation needed template.

Lfiguero (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Background

The background section of this article doesn't talk about the background of the term. It instead solely focuses on 2 examples of the term's usage, which should be under examples. Kyesel (talk) 19:43, 24 October 2021 (UTC)