Grockle
Significado: Tourist, holidaymaker (Devon/Dorset).
The Devon/Dorset equivalent of 'emmet.' A 'grockle' is a tourist, typically perceived as clueless about local ways and clogging up the area. Can be good-humoured or frustrated depending on context.
Ejemplos
- Full of grockles down the beach. 海滩上全是游客La playa está llena de turistasビーチはグロックルだらけ해변이 그로클들로 가득해.
- Grockle traffic all the way. 一路都是游客造成的堵车Tráfico de turistas todo el caminoずっとグロックルの渋滞だ내내 그로클 교통체증이야.
- Typical grockle question. 典型的游客问题Pregunta típica de turista典型的な観光客の質問だ전형적인 관광객 질문이네.
Pronunciación
/ˈgrɒkəl/
Guía de uso
Contexto: tourists, Devon, summer
Tono: affectionate to frustrated
✓ Correcto
- Grockle游客turista観光客관광객
- Grockles游客们turistas観光客たち관광객들
- Grockle season游客季节temporada de turistas観光シーズン관광 시즌
✗ Incorrecto
- Can offend visitors可能会冒犯游客Puede ofender a los visitantes観光客を不快にさせる可能性がある방문객에게 기분 나쁠 수 있음
Errores comunes
- Devon/Dorset use—Cornwall says 'emmet'
Origen e historia
Origin uncertain—possibly from the 1960s film 'The System' set in Devon, or from dialect words. The term became the standard Devon/Dorset word for tourists.
Etimología: Uncertain, possibly 1960s film origin
Primera vez registrado: 1960s Devon/Dorset
Contexto cultural
Era: 1960s onwards
Generation: All ages in Devon/Dorset
Social background: Universal
Pop culture: Fawlty Towers (set in Torquay)
Regional notes: Devon and Dorset.
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