Отмороженные

[John Dunn]

It may not be as simple as that.  Mokienko and Nikitina's Большой словарь русского жаргона gives five meanings for отмороженный:
1. Хитрый
2. Странный
3. Глупый, недалекий, неразвитый в эмоциальном и интеллектуальном плане
4. Наглый
5. Не признающий правил, авторитетов, не боящийся опасности, безрассудный и беспощадный

Weird would cover meaning 2 (and was the word that came into my mind when I read the original query).  None of these meanings, however, seems to imply an unwillingness to socialise, though I dare say that few would wish to spend too much time socialising with people displaying some of the above characteristics.  Perhaps, as has happened with other жаргон words, the meaning has shifted somewhat as the word has gained respectability.

John Dunn.
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Отмороженные

ja tu wrote:

> Отмороженный means wierd in English, implying the person does not
> want to deal or associate with something or somebody. Note: the word
> мороз comes from Greek. The literal English equivalent for it is
> morose.

There must be a typo here -- English "weird" has nothing to do with
отмороженный or with unwillingness to socialize. As used in contemporary
American English, it's something like странный, непонятный, причудливый,
фантастический. In the mouth of a person who favors conformity, it can
be pejorative ("he has some weird ideas so I avoid him"), but for most
it just means something's off the beaten track, highly unusual or different.

What word did you have in mind? "Aloof," "stand-offish," "reclusive"?

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