otakun.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈtɑːkuː/, U.S.

/oʊˈtɑku/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, otakus.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese otaku.

Etymology: < Japanese otaku (1983 in this sense), literally ‘your house, home’ (in formal speech also as a 2nd person pronoun: see note) < o- , honorific prefix + taku house, home. With the respectful metonymic usage, compare Mikado n.Japanese otaku is also used as a more formal and polite 2nd person pronoun than the usual anata . The term apparently arose amongst certain manga and anime fans in the early 1980s, first as an affectedly formal way of addressing fellow insiders, then as a noun referring to any member of the subculture, and only later acquired pejorative connotations when it was taken up by media commentators. Compare:2002 S. Orbaugh & S. Buckley in Encycl. Contemp. Japanese Culture at Otaku In Japan, the word has connotations similar to ‘nerd’, or, worse, is even sometimes used to suggest an obsession bordering on psychopathy. Outside Japan, however, the term otaku is used for the most part positively among manga and anime fans to designate the true aficionado. The earliest occurrence found in an English context is in quot. 1990 in the Japanese coinage otaku-zoku ‘otaku as a class’ [ < otaku + zoku], which did not gain general currency either in English or in Japanese.

slang.

Originally in Japan: a person extremely knowledgeable about the minute details of a particular hobby (esp. a solitary or minority hobby); spec. one who is skilled in the use of computer technology and is considered by some to be poor at interacting with others.

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1990 Asahi News Service (Nexis) 15 Mar. The otaku-zoku are distinguished by their deep interest in specific hobbies or subjects..to the exclusion of other concerns.

1991 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 4 June a13 SDF [sc. Self Defence Forces]? That's otaku (slang for square or nerdish)... Only country boys join the SDF.]

1992 Asian Wall St. Jrnl. (Nexis abstract) 24 Feb. i. 12/3 Otaku are homebodies, mostly men, in their teens and twenties who tend to pursue such solitary pastimes as playing computer games.

1992 Face Oct. 60 The otaku are socially inept, information-crazed, often brilliant, technological shut-ins... They relax with sexy manga or violent computer games.

1994 Asiaweek (Nexis) 21 Dec. 38 There is also the special type of fan we call otaku—trivia freaks who pride themselves on knowing everything about their favorite subject.

1996 W. Gibson Idoru xii. 88 The otaku guys at my last school were into, like, plastic anime babes, military simulations, and trivia.

2008 M. Ortabasi in M. W. MacWilliams Japanese Visual Culture 277 Genya..is also a gendered cultural problem, one of recent origin. Defined in relation to the object of this obsession, he is the Otaku.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	otaku
释义	otakun. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈtɑːkuː/, U.S. /oʊˈtɑku/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, otakus. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese otaku. Etymology: < Japanese otaku (1983 in this sense), literally ‘your house, home’ (in formal speech also as a 2nd person pronoun: see note) < o- , honorific prefix + taku house, home. With the respectful metonymic usage, compare Mikado n.Japanese otaku is also used as a more formal and polite 2nd person pronoun than the usual anata . The term apparently arose amongst certain manga and anime fans in the early 1980s, first as an affectedly formal way of addressing fellow insiders, then as a noun referring to any member of the subculture, and only later acquired pejorative connotations when it was taken up by media commentators. Compare:2002 S. Orbaugh & S. Buckley in Encycl. Contemp. Japanese Culture at Otaku In Japan, the word has connotations similar to ‘nerd’, or, worse, is even sometimes used to suggest an obsession bordering on psychopathy. Outside Japan, however, the term otaku is used for the most part positively among manga and anime fans to designate the true aficionado. The earliest occurrence found in an English context is in quot. 1990 in the Japanese coinage otaku-zoku ‘otaku as a class’ [ < otaku + zoku], which did not gain general currency either in English or in Japanese. slang. Originally in Japan: a person extremely knowledgeable about the minute details of a particular hobby (esp. a solitary or minority hobby); spec. one who is skilled in the use of computer technology and is considered by some to be poor at interacting with others. ΚΠ 1990 Asahi News Service (Nexis) 15 Mar. The otaku-zoku are distinguished by their deep interest in specific hobbies or subjects..to the exclusion of other concerns. 1991 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 4 June a13 SDF [sc. Self Defence Forces]? That's otaku (slang for square or nerdish)... Only country boys join the SDF.] 1992 Asian Wall St. Jrnl. (Nexis abstract) 24 Feb. i. 12/3 Otaku are homebodies, mostly men, in their teens and twenties who tend to pursue such solitary pastimes as playing computer games. 1992 Face Oct. 60 The otaku are socially inept, information-crazed, often brilliant, technological shut-ins... They relax with sexy manga or violent computer games. 1994 Asiaweek (Nexis) 21 Dec. 38 There is also the special type of fan we call otaku—trivia freaks who pride themselves on knowing everything about their favorite subject. 1996 W. Gibson Idoru xii. 88 The otaku guys at my last school were into, like, plastic anime babes, military simulations, and trivia. 2008 M. Ortabasi in M. W. MacWilliams Japanese Visual Culture 277 Genya..is also a gendered cultural problem, one of recent origin. Defined in relation to the object of this obsession, he is the Otaku. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1992
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