Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.
From Japanese オタク (otaku, “geek, nerd”) originally used in reference to the 1982 Macross fandom, from the honorific form お宅 (otaku, “you”), from the honorific form 宅 (taku, “home”) ("your home").
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- Borrowed-form mentionオタクja
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