gricern.

Brit.

/ˈɡrʌɪsə/, U.S.

/ˈɡraɪsər/

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Said to have been current in 1938 amongst members of the Manchester Locomotive Society (H. D. Bowtell).The suggestion that the word is a humorous representation of a ‘received’ pronunciation of grouser n.¹, or that it is formed on a humorous plural of grouse n.¹, on the basis of the supposed resemblance of train-spotting to grouse-shooting, has been reported several times independently: see Railway World (1970) June 279, which also gives some other speculative etymologies.

colloquial.

A railway enthusiast, esp. one who assiduously seeks out and photographs unusual trains; loosely, a train-spotter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > train spotter

gricer1969

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] > train-spotter

trainspotter1949

loco-spotter1959

gricer1969

1969 Railway World Dec. 550/1 Perhaps the greatest unpreserved loss has been the gricer, or full time railway enthusiast.

1971 D. J. Smith Discovering Railwayana ix. 53 The so-called ‘gricers’ of the sixties, young men who devoted their whole leisure time to photographing the last of particular classes and types of steam engines.

1981 New Scientist 10 Dec. 723/2 Some of the gricers, earnest, fresh-faced young men..who had cut their milk teeth on Hornby trains, had booked on this train two years ago.

1990 Independent 29 Oct. 14/2 He is attempting to travel over every inch of British Rail's 25,530 miles of track, but he is not just a ‘gricer’. More than anything, he likes putting on mileage.

Derivatives

ˈgricing n. the activity of gricers, train-spotting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > specific

stargazing1928

skywatch1952

birding1956

gricing1968

grice1971

owling1984

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun]

bird-spotting1926

trainspotting1951

loco-spotting1952

gricing1968

grice1971

twitching1977

1968 Scarborough Mercury 26 Sept. 1/3 The uninitiated is not likely to know what a ‘gricing session’ is, but the hardened railway enthusiast will tell you..that it is when enthusiasts go 100 miles or so to capture locomotives forever on a roll of film.

1977 Eagle (Cambr. Univ. Railway Club) iv. 10 (heading) A tale of end-of-term gricing—March 1977.

grice v. and n. [as a back-formation]

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > specific

stargazing1928

skywatch1952

birding1956

gricing1968

grice1971

owling1984

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch > observe trains

grice1971

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun]

bird-spotting1926

trainspotting1951

loco-spotting1952

gricing1968

grice1971

twitching1977

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > spot trains, watch birds, etc. [verb (transitive)]

spot1913

grice1971

twitch1977

1971 Railway Mag. Apr. 196/2 The Greater British Gricer is on the grice.

1976 Railway Mag. Aug. 434/1 (advt.) Swiss transport extravaganza inc. six special steam trains, paddle steamers, ‘tunnel grice’, vintage saloons on Rhaetian Railway.

1984 P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8) Grice or gricer, an engine-spotter... Also as v., to grice, to watch locomotives.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gricer
释义	gricern. Brit. /ˈɡrʌɪsə/, U.S. /ˈɡraɪsər/ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Said to have been current in 1938 amongst members of the Manchester Locomotive Society (H. D. Bowtell).The suggestion that the word is a humorous representation of a ‘received’ pronunciation of grouser n.¹, or that it is formed on a humorous plural of grouse n.¹, on the basis of the supposed resemblance of train-spotting to grouse-shooting, has been reported several times independently: see Railway World (1970) June 279, which also gives some other speculative etymologies. colloquial. A railway enthusiast, esp. one who assiduously seeks out and photographs unusual trains; loosely, a train-spotter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > train spotter gricer1969 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] > train-spotter trainspotter1949 loco-spotter1959 gricer1969 1969 Railway World Dec. 550/1 Perhaps the greatest unpreserved loss has been the gricer, or full time railway enthusiast. 1971 D. J. Smith Discovering Railwayana ix. 53 The so-called ‘gricers’ of the sixties, young men who devoted their whole leisure time to photographing the last of particular classes and types of steam engines. 1981 New Scientist 10 Dec. 723/2 Some of the gricers, earnest, fresh-faced young men..who had cut their milk teeth on Hornby trains, had booked on this train two years ago. 1990 Independent 29 Oct. 14/2 He is attempting to travel over every inch of British Rail's 25,530 miles of track, but he is not just a ‘gricer’. More than anything, he likes putting on mileage. Derivatives ˈgricing n. the activity of gricers, train-spotting. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > specific stargazing1928 skywatch1952 birding1956 gricing1968 grice1971 owling1984 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] bird-spotting1926 trainspotting1951 loco-spotting1952 gricing1968 grice1971 twitching1977 1968 Scarborough Mercury 26 Sept. 1/3 The uninitiated is not likely to know what a ‘gricing session’ is, but the hardened railway enthusiast will tell you..that it is when enthusiasts go 100 miles or so to capture locomotives forever on a roll of film. 1977 Eagle (Cambr. Univ. Railway Club) iv. 10 (heading) A tale of end-of-term gricing—March 1977. grice v. and n. [as a back-formation] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching > specific stargazing1928 skywatch1952 birding1956 gricing1968 grice1971 owling1984 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch > observe trains grice1971 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] bird-spotting1926 trainspotting1951 loco-spotting1952 gricing1968 grice1971 twitching1977 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > spot trains, watch birds, etc. [verb (transitive)] spot1913 grice1971 twitch1977 1971 Railway Mag. Apr. 196/2 The Greater British Gricer is on the grice. 1976 Railway Mag. Aug. 434/1 (advt.) Swiss transport extravaganza inc. six special steam trains, paddle steamers, ‘tunnel grice’, vintage saloons on Rhaetian Railway. 1984 P. Beale Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8) Grice or gricer, an engine-spotter... Also as v., to grice, to watch locomotives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968
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