Question of the Day #1301

Wary 'silver surfers' embrace social media

From the headline of this article at the BBC.

  上記の文で、silver surfersの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "silver surfers" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

シルバーサーファー、インターネット利用頻度の高い高齢者、インターネット利用時間が長い高齢者

「利用頻度の高い高齢者」「利用時間が長い高齢者」となっていますが、英語の定義では単に「インターネットを利用する高齢者」になっています。

 

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

informal, an older, esp retired, person who uses the internet

 

Examples

1. The research institute has found that in 2012 silver surfers spent 39% more time online than they did eight years earlier.
2. The number of older people becoming ' silver surfers ' by establishing expertise in using new technology is growing fast.
3. The number of older people becoming ' silver surfers ' by establishing expertise in using new technology is growing fast.
4. She also became a ' silver surfer', careering around the internet and buying gifts for her grandchildren. Times, Sunday Times (2018)
5. These days, their properties often come with a study in which silver surfers can keep the computer. Times, Sunday Times (2007)

   

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