Words, expressions, etc considered very informal, usually used mostly by in-groups, such as young people, and easily affected by trends and fashions.
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Definition of ブラコン when discussing musical preferences
A Japanese person told me that they have ブラコン。I looked it up on Wikipedia and it said something like an emotional attachment to one's brother. But they said that it meant something like someone who ...
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What does ちょちょい mean?
I can't find this defined anywhere.
Here's an example:
タオルケットをちょちょいかけにきてくれる。
I am also interested in what this whole sentence says.
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What is the origin of, and how do I parse 絶対{ぜったい}領域{りょういき}?
絶対{ぜったい}領域{りょういき} is a slang term that refers to the visible bare skin from the bottom of a woman's skirt to the top of her thigh high stockings. Or, short pants and thigh high boots... pick your ...
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Colloquial Contraction Confusion
This is taken from one of the mindless pop songs I shouldn't even be listening to:
なんてったって ラッキー！
I know what なんて and ラッキー mean, of course, but I can't figure out in a way that makes sense to me ...
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can we use ねー as a question?
I've read that people usually change ない to ねー to make it more manly, like:
したくないよ becomes したくねーんだ
So basically i often heard questions ending with ない but have not heard anyone end a question with ねー
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What does っつの mean?
I recently saw 冗談だっつの. What does it っつの mean, or how does it modify the meaning of a sentence?
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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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Is すごい slang or just informal?
Regarding すごい:
What is the right way to spell it?
Is it vulgar, or is it slang like the English "cool"?, or informal or colloquial? Is it archaic?
If it is slang, does it have a non-slang meaning?
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What’s the difference between [v] たとしても and just the plain ても
What’s the difference between [v] たとしても and just the plain ても, Example:
(1) 説明書を読んでも分かりにくい
(2) 説明書を読んだとしても分かりにくい
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Grammatically correct expression similar to the {～って感じ} slang
Is there a grammatically correct expression similar to the {～って感じ} slang?
For example, I heard something like the following conversation in an anime:
A: テストはどう?
B: どうって? 「もう死にてぇ」って感じだぜ。
A: ...
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Rules for slang of Japanese numbers
I often here Japanese use a different method for saying a number like "248" as によんぱ for highways and license plates.
While this one is easy to understand, there are others that I don't quite ...
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How do I use うく as casual slang (as in ういた)?
Sometimes I hear Japanese people say ういた in conversation when describing something (usually someone) unpleasant. I asked my coworker once "what is this word", but I got a very poor explanation (not ...
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When Japanese say KY on the Internet, what does it mean exactly?
This comment can be seen very often on Japanese message boards.
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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 and level of 死ねばいいのに
I have been hearing 死ねばいいのに twice last week, including once in a context where a bit of formality was required.
What does it mean? Is it as violent as it sounds to me?
I am not looking for a ...
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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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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 ...
