Is there any idiomatic way to express doing an activity or behaving "like an old man" or "not in a cool way", particularly in the context of skiing?


In English, "dad turns" is a slang term for a style of skiing. If you are
making "dad turns", you are skiing like an old man.

I found 親父 which I believe is "pop". Is that the best translation for "dad" in
this case?

I'm struggling to find the translation for "turns", the plural noun, as in ski
turns.




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In this post, I'm specifically answering only to:

> I'm struggling to find the translation for "turns", the plural noun, as in
> ski turns.

According to this page
[スキー用語集](https://www.tanabesports.com/article/detail/ski_glossary/) that
compiles a list of terms related to skiing, a turn in skiing is simply:

> ターン{taan}

which is the transliteration of the English word to the Japanese writing and
phonetic system.

This is the definition for ターン{taan} provided in this site:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSDqH.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSDqH.png)

which translates as

> To rotate and change your direction.




_Turn_ is ターン. Period.

As for _Dad_ , おやじ (オヤジ, 親父) is not bad, but you may want to choose おっさん or
おじさん instead. おやじ can be used to carry a connotation of "dandy" sometimes, and
recently it may even appear on the cover of a fashion magazine:

[![cover of
LEON](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VkLe2m.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VkLe2m.png)

On the other hand, おっさん is often used to playfully express something that has
an "old man vibe", so if you want to humorously convey a dad-like action,
おっさんターン or おじさんターン might be more fitting. If used appropriately, it wouldn't
sound too negative.

Note that this is just a literal translation attempt. With おっさんターン, even
people who are not familiar with skiing can infer that it refers to some
traditional-yet-uncool turn, but those who are knowledgeable about skiing may
not necessarily understand what specific style is being referred to.

パパターン, 父親ターン and so on are simply confusing.

For another example, this writing style featuring lots of emoji is often
referred to as おじさん構文 (but not オヤジ構文):

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6ELpGm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6ELpGm.png)

