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In Danish we have a word "fagidiot" which means idiot of your field. It's the kind of things that make it impossible for someone who's been in the army to enjoy
by ThomPete 10y ago
In Danish we have a word "fagidiot" which means idiot of your field. It's the kind of things that make it impossible for someone who's been in the army to enjoy a movie if they don't use the machine gun properly or a designer to appreciate the casting in the end if the typography is not kerned properly.
The things that matter to someone who spent a lot of time in any given field are rarely the important things to anyone else.
Edit: And no it's not pronounced with a hard g but with a soft g.
- nostoc 10y agoWhat a beautiful word.
- JSoet 10y agoSimilar, but more similar to lots of the people mentioned in the original post is the german phrase "Gefährliches Halbwissen" or 'dangerous half-knowledge': when you know just enough to seem knowledgable about a subject, but actually have a very basic surface knowledge. (ps. I'm not a native german speaker, so sorry if I misrepresented the phrase, but this is how it was explained to me)