dress
adj 1: suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress
uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: {full-dress}]
2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner";
"a full-dress ceremony" [syn: {full-dress}]
n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn:
{frock}]
2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular
occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: {attire},
{garb}]
3: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of
apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same
store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: {apparel}, {wearing
apparel}, {clothes}]
v 1: put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the
patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: {get
dressed}] [ant: {undress}]
2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: {clothe}, {enclothe}, {garb},
{raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}]
[ant: {undress}]
3: put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"
4: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris
fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: {dress
up}]
5: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when
going to the opera" [syn: {preen}, {primp}, {plume}]
6: kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"
[syn: {dress out}]
7: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: {line up}]
8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[syn: {trim}, {garnish}]
9: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: {decorate}]
10: put a dressing on; "dress the salads"
11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {clip}, {crop}, {trim},
{lop}, {prune}, {cut back}]
12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
13: convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"
14: apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's
wounds"
15: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
horses" [syn: {groom}, {curry}]
16: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
{arrange}, {set}, {do}, {coif}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
Dress
Casual, vaguely post-hippie; T-shirts, jeans, running shoes, Birkenstocks
(or bare feet). Long hair, beards, and moustaches are common. High
incidence of tie-dye and intellectual or humorous `slogan' T-shirts. Until
the mid-1990s such T-shirts were seldom computer-related, as that would
have been too obvious - but the hacker culture has since developed its own
icons, and J. Random Hacker now often wears a Linux penguin or BSD daemon
or a DeCSS protest shirt.
A substantial minority prefers `outdoorsy' clothing -- hiking boots ("in
case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the machine room", as one
famous parody put it), khakis, lumberjack or chamois shirts, and the like.
After about 1995 hacker dress styles assimilated some influence from
punk, gothic, and rave subcultures. This was relatively mild and has
manifested mostly as a tendency to wear a lot of black, especially when
`dressed up' to the limit of formality. Other markers of those subcultures
such as piercings, chains, and dyed hair remain relatively uncommon.
Very few hackers actually fit the "National Lampoon" Nerd stereotype,
though it lingers on at MIT and may have been more common before 1975. At
least since the late Seventies backpacks have been more common than
briefcases, and the hacker `look' has been more whole-earth than
whole-polyester.
Hackers dress for comfort, function, and minimal maintenance hassles
rather than for appearance (some, perhaps unfortunately, take this to
extremes and neglect personal hygiene). They have a very low tolerance of
suits and other `business' attire; in fact, it is not uncommon for hackers
to quit a job rather than conform to a dress code. When they are somehow
backed into conforming to a dress code, they will find ways to subvert it,
for example by wearing absurd novelty ties.
Female hackers almost never wear visible makeup, and many use none at
all.
Source: The Jargon File
