different between gunzel vs railbuff
gunzel
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; possibly from gunsel (“stupid or contemptible fellow, creep; young man kept for homosexual purposes, catamite”), from Yiddish ??????? (gendzl, “gosling”), from Middle High German gensel,diminutive of gans (“goose”) (compare German Gänslein (“gosling”), from Gans (“goose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??h?éns (“goose”)).
There is an unverified suggestion that the word was first used in the 1960s by staff of the Sydney Tramway Museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to describe shabbily dressed trainspotters. They were apparently influenced by the word gunsel (“a gun-carrying hoodlum”), which had been popularized in the film The Maltese Falcon (1941) based on the 1929 novel of the same name by American author Dashiell Hammet (1894–1961).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /???nzl?/
- Hyphenation: gun?zel
Noun
gunzel (plural gunzels)
- (Australia) A railway or tram enthusiast; particularly (formerly derogatory) one who is overly enthusiastic or foolish.
- (Australia, by extension) An enthusiast or geek with a specific interest.
- (US) Alternative spelling of gunsel.
Synonyms
- (railway or tram enthusiast): ferroequinologist (humorous, nonstandard), foamer, railfan (US), trainspotter
Verb
gunzel (third-person singular simple present gunzels, present participle gunzelling, simple past and past participle gunzelled)
- (intransitive) To engage in railway enthusiast activities.
References
Further reading
- railfan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gunzel From the web:
- what does gunzel mean
railbuff
English
Etymology
rail +? buff
Noun
railbuff (plural railbuffs)
- A railway enthusiast.
Synonyms
- gunzel (Australia), railfan, trainiac (informal)
railbuff From the web:
you may also like
- gunzel vs railbuff
- gunzel vs gricer
- gunsel vs gunzel
- foamer vs gunzel
- trainspotter vs gunzel
- foolish vs gunzel
- bill vs chek
- cash vs chek
- verify vs chek
- chek vs amoan
- chek vs chef
- chek vs chem
- chek vs dude
- chek vs argwa
- iamese vs song
- khakas vs iamese
- reenlandic vs iamese
- lemannicerman vs iamese
- stalk vs iamese
- track vs iamese