Meaning of rain man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An autistic, or mentally and/or socially impaired person.
   derogatory
2. A man who is believed to have power to control the rain.
3. A non-autistic or impaired person whose mannerisms are similar to such people.
   derogatory
4. A spirit of the rain.
5. An expert at something.
   humorous

Examples

“Lovingly dubbed the Rain⟳ Man of Weed by her family, Heylia James is legendary in West Adams for being able to "eyeball an ounce from outer space with her glasses cracked," and for making "everybody's business my business" ("You Can't Miss⟳ the Bear⟳").”

“David Milarch calls him the “rain⟳ man of trees” because of his brilliance with tree data and his uncanny knack for finding the big ones.”

“The mentorships were plenty, starting with Brian Derdall, a sort⟳ of rain-man genius in Engineering, along with T-man the technology guru, new hire⟳ peers Alex and Joel, and my new senior co-workers Ivan, Robert, and a sort⟳ of management mentor John.”

“The special relation between men and their totems is shown by a belief which exists in a large number⟳ of tribes, to the effect that the men have⟳ the power to make⟳ their own⟳ totem animal or plant⟳ increase⟳ in numbers; so that a kangaroo man can cause the kangaroos to multiply⟳, a rain⟳ man can make⟳ rain⟳, and so on. A kangaroo man cannot make⟳ rain⟳, nor can a rain⟳ man do anything to increase⟳ the number⟳ of kangaroos.”

“We believe⟳ that if we want⟳ rain⟳, the rain⟳ man of the tribe must imitate the rain⟳ by squirting water from his mouth, and the painters must retrace the age-old paintings at the cave of the water totem.”

“As a huge crowd watched in anticipation, the 52-year-old rain⟳ man whooped and chanted while hopping about on a hillside.”

“This is presumably because CIFOR used the services of a “rain⟳ man,” whose charges to keep⟳ rain⟳ away from Bogor for the evening were a small fraction of what it would have⟳ cost⟳ to hire⟳ a marquee.”

“These depict in vivid descriptions how the rain⟳ man in the west expands in the form⟳ of a black cloud; white clouds precede him which unfold like⟳ a flower;”

“In Santiago Atidán some saints' images are the embodiments of ancestral protective spirits called naguales — community founders, lightning men, mist men, rain⟳ men, earthquake men — who retreated to the mountains leaving the images and sacred bundles behind.”

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