otaku or otakus otaku or otakus
noun, pl.
Orig in Japan, someone extraordinarily knowledgeable about the minute details of a hobby, esp. a solitary or minority one; a nerd. (1992 —) .
[From Japanese, literally 'your house, your home' (orig used by manga and anime fans in the early 1980s as an affectedly formal way of addressing fellow insiders).]
| oscar, orthopod, ort | |
| other, ou, out |
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