a funny saying"nose picker"..what does it mean?

try again · Post by **try again** » 04 Dec 2005 09:05

dear all!!!!have you watch any movies recently?
well here i got a lovely _expression"nose picker", it was just from a movie, and used to describe what a person is like or sth about his habbit, like "he is a nose picker". means the person picks his nose a lot, so he got this "nice" nick name.which actually is a quite hillarious one.

well,however the info above is just my guess, do you agree with it?'

and about "aka"this word,i saw it from twice in the movie and i even saw it on the net which was used to describe and distingguish my account's name and my name.it means "also known as"....so i think actually it can be used in quite a casual way and quite a lot. however the longman dic said that it is quite a formal word and often seen in paper only. well, is it a contradiction?im confused......

any one of u would BE SO kind as to help me out of this? thx very very much!

ANTHOS · Post by **ANTHOS** » 04 Dec 2005 09:38

Hi

What is your first question exactly ? If it helps, nose picker is not a nickname, it is a just way of describing someone by a bad habit.

For the second point, I think your Longman dictionary is wrong. If the AKA has to be classed as formal or informal, I would say it's informal. For examlpe, AKA can appear next to a boxer's name (eg John Smith AKA The Terminator) but I have NEVER seen it in a scientific paper.

For English dictionaries, the authorities are Collins and Oxford.

Andreas