trainspotterish
English edit
Etymology edit
trainspotter + -ish
Adjective edit
trainspotterish (comparative more trainspotterish, superlative most trainspotterish)
- (informal) Like a trainspotter; obsessively nerdy
- 1999 April, SPIN, volume 15, number 4, page 92:
- But what makes Fat Lace truly British is its trainspotterish obsession with hip-hop minutiae.
- 2010, John O'Connell, Jessica Cargill Thompson, The Midlife Manual:
- With more than 700 varieties of cheese produced in the UK alone and nearly 400 in France, there is scope for indulgence of trainspotterish proportions as you work your way along the cheese counter.