Nupe's definitions

trainspotter

Person who spots trains for a hobby. Usually the preserve of sad anoraks.

"When I was younger I had this really sad trainspotter approach to bands and collecting records."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

nicked

Common British slang for "stolen".

See also: pinched, taxed, half-inched, lifted, knocked off, 'fell off the back of a lorry'.

"The band's clothes look like they were nicked from the local Oxfam's reject pile."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

boarders

What avid skateboarders and snowboarders call themselves. (They do in the Anglosphere, anyway).

See also: sk8, skateboarders

"Snow Skate Girl magazine is for girls who want a little action, packed with interviews of professional and amateur boarders."

by Nupe January 20, 2004

charity shop

British equivalent to the USA's "thrift store".

"The band's clothes look like they were nicked from the local charity shop."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

young fogey

Twenty-something male who apes the dress (tweed suits, waistcoats, glasses, hats etc) and intellectual tastes of the "old fogey" generation.

"This trendy fashion for young fogey-ism must be stopped immediately! If I see one more young man parading around in his grandad's suit and sounding like the only-begotten son of Stephen Fry and Morrissey I shall leave England forever!"

by Nupe January 7, 2004