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–noun 1. a person who hovers around a performing djs'turntables and attempts to identify his tracks by label, artist, and or song title, in an attempt to search out and perform the same set. Trainspotter can also be used as a verb, as in "I caught that douche bag trainspotting muh set!"
"yo,dj, that was a dope set you dropped last week, I heard such and such play the same set last night at(insert club name here), he is such a trainspotter !!!"
Back when club DJs used vinyl and didn't have their beatmatching done for them, a trainspotter was a person who focused on the transitions between records, just waiting for a trainwreck, i.e., mixing in a record that is off tempo, creating a discordant, galloping effect between the two drum tracks. (This effect could be quickly overcome by the DJ, if the DJ was competent, and most of the crowd would not have noticed, thus the need to be actively looking (listening) for it.) The word can also apply to watching for anyone to mess up anything.
Because Eric Prydz plays on CDJs and has a computer beat match for him, it's completely pointless to be a trainspotter at his show. -OR- So you just watched your friends destroy their lives? You're such a trainspotter.
A person who can sucessfully identify obscure music a DJ plays. A hardcore trainspotter can take it a step further and identify the source of obscure samples.
Trainspotter: "Thats track B off of the first pressing of So and So record" Friend: "You're such a trainspotter."
someone who obsessively collects bits of useless information see also: nerd.
The trainspotter watched Beat the Geeks and took notes over questions missed.
A Group of young lads that go out and spot trains and dont deserve bullying.
Lad: That Class 37 really thrashed other lad: That Voyager was also mega Lads: WE ALL LOVE TRAINSPOTTERS!
The term 'trainspotter' stems from exactly that......he who spots trains. A strange affliction. These are characteristically 30 - 40 year old men who still live with their mothers and quite possibly indulge in dubious sexual practices involving them. Gathering on station platforms in all weathers and wearing old anoraks and bobbly hats, they note the make, model and characteristics of each train that passes. Thus 'trainspotter' has come to mean any obsessed character who insists on talking about nothing but their chosen specialist subject. In my experience, the 'trainspotter' or 'pothouse' almost always manifests itself at the aftershow hospitality.
trainspotter as - "you are a trainspotting nutter" - In other words, someone who is psychological unstable.