单词 | uber-geek |
释义 | > as lemmasuber-geek 1. Forming nouns denoting an outstanding, supreme, or pre-eminent example of its kind, or a person or thing markedly surpassing others of its class or type, as uber-fan, uber-geek, uber-model, etc. Frequently in fashion and popular culture contexts. ΚΠ 1962 F. Kermode Poet & Dancer before Diaghilev in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? (1983) ii. 150 This attitude is a..reaction against commercial theatre in the nineties; failing dance-drama or über-marionettes, there were still Marie Lloyd and Little Tich, defying cultural and social divisions, freely satirical. 1979 L. Bangs in L. Bangs & J. Morthland Mainlines, Blood Feasts, Bad Taste (2003) 375 Sid was just that, rubbish, and not in a way the ubersociety portrayed him. 1982 Washington Post 1 July c3/4 Leonard Marks—uber-lawyer and USIA head under Lyndon Johnson. 1990 J. Shirley in I. Stang Three-Fisted Tales of ‘Bob’ 32 An über building came about,..an enormous quasi-crystalline structure that reached out multicolored limbs of fiberglass and plastic. 1991 Vogue Aug. 112/1 Even the über-model Cindy Crawford is becoming synonymous with the video network, thanks to her two-year-old MTV House of Style show. 1994 Face Oct. 3/2 With Hollywood at his feet and Pulp Fiction winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, what does the charismatic übergeek choose to do? 2006 S. Homan Access All Eras introd. 11 His chapter reinforces..the tribute musician as uber-fan, dedicated to precise imitation as the best way to ensure that the ‘classic’ rock canon endures. 2009 Independent 25 Feb. (Life section) 9/3 The convergence of handheld gadgets into one, glorious über-device that fulfils all our techy needs continues to loom on the horizon. < as lemmas |
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