A fork of Rural Dictionary
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.
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.
A person who watches a DJ spin records.
Everyone was crowded around the DJ booth trainspotting while he dropped his set.
CoolGuY283432532: I LUV LINKIN PARK THEY ARE BOMB Trainspotter: Linkin Park is sh!t, you don't know anything about music, please grow some taste before you talk.