Character strings unique to textual domains, including phone based texting. Includes emoticons if they are relevant to Japanese language or usage.
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What is the meaning of all those “w”s in email and SNSs?
You see a lot of w and ww and even www in Twitter and casual chat. What does it mean? I've always thought it was わいわい but never found out. How is it pronounced?
Here's an example from Twitter
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What does the internet slang “草生えた” mean?
I came across the term 草生えた on the internet. There wasn't much context, but it didn't seem to mean that grass was growing. Is this a slang term?
What does it mean? I couldn't find it in any of ...
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Use of 厨 on the Internet
If you visit ニコニコ動画 or any Japanese message boards often you are bound to see comments like ニコ厨 or 東方厨. Does anyone have good idea how did this originate and what do they mean?
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Meaning of 情弱乙 ?
I see 情弱乙 being used (as an interjection?) on many websites, but I can't find it in any dictionary, even online dictionaries. I guess the pronunciation is じょうじゃくおつ. What does it mean?
Examples:
情弱乙！
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Where does なう on Twitter come from?
If you follow any Japanese speakers on Twitter, you'll almost certainly see them use なう at the end of a sentence, to say "I am in this place/doing this thing now". Where does this use come from? Who ...
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What do repeated ８s mean in internet slang?
I was watching a live video stream the other day. To my surprise, other viewers kept flooding the chat with the number eight! My screen kept filling up with messages like these:
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Why does “to tweet” something on Twitter becomes つぶやく?
Related to this question: What is the Japanese word or phrase for "to post on the internet"?
I have noticed that when you post something on twitter they don't say 投稿する toukou suru, but ...
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How do I “understand” kaomoji? (Japanese smilies)
When I see something like this:
ﾍ(´∀｀ﾍ)ﾍ(´∀｀ﾍ)ﾖｲﾖｲ(ﾉ´∀｀)ﾉ(ﾉ´∀｀)ﾉﾖｲﾖｲ♪
I think some voodoo demon wants to say something to me. o_O
My Japanese friends often use kaomoji. But, when they add (´▽｀) ...
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Internet speak - orz
I've seen several of my Japanese friends use "orz" in various types of posts on Facebook. What does "orz" mean? It's driving me nuts!
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does 「なう」have effeminate connotations?
I often get text messages from people who use the twitter-derived slang 「なう」 to mean "now." As in 「電車なう」meaning "(I am on the) train now."
However, these mainly come from women, and one gay dude. Is ...
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Etymology and usage of 凸待ち
I've seen the internet slang 凸{とつ}待{ま}ち used for "waiting for incoming (Skype etc) calls" pretty frequently, but what is the etymology and usage of the word?
I've read on other sites that it came ...
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What is the meaning of あるある?
I saw it used on Twitter several times, but googling around I couldn't figure it out.
Here are some examples.
"@mao_sid: 24あるある。シーズン2ぐらいから、あのちょいちょい入ってくるデジタル時計いらないなぁって思いだす。"
"@mao_sid: ...
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How is 「なう」most commonly appended to verbs?
I read the other two questions on なう on this site, and I want to know what the most common way to add なう after a verb is.
I've seen なう most frequently with nouns. This is supported by ...
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The meaning, usage and cultural significance of the word [苦]{く}[笑]{しょう}
I've looked in many dictionaries, but I can't fully grasp how the word [苦]{く}[笑]{しょう} is used. I've seen it in dictionaries as being a kind of "embarrassed laugh". It appears to be used to deprecate ...
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What is the meaning of ぶさかわ?
I was talking to my language partner and she mentioned ぶさかわ being used in situations when you want to describe something not pretty but nice. Apparently the word is relatively new and was first used ...
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Sites/ways helpful for learning internet/slang lingo? [closed]
As the title says- I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a website used for learning dialects and internet lingo?
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What's the meaning of “Moe”
I've seen people trying to define it in many places, but all of them end up giving different versions or saying it can't be defined.
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How to parse (read and write) kaomoji on windows [closed]
I'm new with it, as far as I understand it's a build-in font for Japanese smiles. I want to be able to read and write them (preferably without changing the whole operating system to Japanese)
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