trainspotting
noun/ˈtreɪnspɒtɪŋ/
/ˈtreɪnspɑːtɪŋ/
[uncountable] (British English)- the activity of collecting the numbers of railway engines as a hobbyCultureTrainspotting is a hobby in Britain which involves people going to places where trains can be seen, especially railway stations, and collecting the numbers of railway engines they see by writing them down. People sometimes make fun of this hobby and the people who do it because they think it is a boring thing to do. It is now much less popular than it was in the 1950s.
- (disapproving) detailed work that other people think is boring
- There’s an element of trainspotting in any specialist field.
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