What are some examples of Japanese slang?

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1. for the equivalent of “lol” that would be “www” which is short for 笑う, or if you’re in more otaku online spheres you’ll see 草 instead, read out loud as くさ, because “www” looks like grass.

   “TSKR” stands for 助かる and is roughly equivalent to “blessed”. 乙 is short for おつかれ. “WKTK” is short for わくわくたかたか and means you are excited. “KWSK” is short for 詳しくor “details, please”.

   Also in otaku spheres a リアジュウ literally means something like “reality enjoyer” and is used to mean “normie”, etc.

2. I just learned about ネカマ today. Basically a dude pretending to be a woman online. Taken from ネット (internet) and おかま (feminine/gay man).

3. # 8888　applause

4. Well I know some Japanese vulgarity thanks to a book I bought in HS called Zakennayo the real Japanese they won’t teach you in school. I only remember a few though as I lost that book years ago. The title ざけんなよ essentially means Fuck off in Japanese

   まんこ is a rude term to refer to female anatomy

   インチキ is iirc calling someone a baby dick

   おっぱい is slang (I think) for tits.

   Hmmm trying to think here, I seem to remember them saying the english letter H can sometimes be used for a slang term for sex.

   ばかやろう is calling someone a bastard I believe (but anyone who watches anime probably knows that already)

5. なるほど
   分からん

6. yabai…

7. – 卍 (まんじ) = マジ which is already slang or mjd = マジで
   – 垢 short for アカウント – most common use: 裏垢

   not abbreviations but general (net) slang i’ve come across fairly often:
   – suffix なう – “doing <thing> atm” or “currently at <place>”
   – 尊い = 最高 sorta; it even has its own [wikipedia page](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8A%E3%81%84)
   – パイセン = 先輩
   – めっちゃ / クソ / 超 (or 極) before words – comparable to “af” in english (クソ〇〇 could also be “fuckin <adjective>”; hell, some people like visual novel scenarist [watanabe ryouichi](https://twitter.com/watanaberyoichi) straight up just use ファッキン)

8. I’ll try to add more to the list:

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   沼落ち 　Literally means swamp falling, but is used nowadays to refer to being addicted to something or joining a fandom.

   例：けーぽ沼に落ちた　or けーぽマジで沼

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   ぴえん　 It means something like “sob”, sound of someone sobbing. It’s how people read this emoji　🥺

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   ググる　To google something.

   例：ググれカス or simply ggrks (this is rather old lol)

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   じわる Abbreviation of じわじわくる. It means something that’s not particularly funny but it becomes funnier and funnier the more you look at.

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   レベチ　Abbreviation of レベルが違う. It means someone or something is on another level, another league.

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   ま？ Just an abbreviation of マジ, same meaning as 本当 or 本気.

   例：それってま？

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   ワンチャン Oh god, this is used A LOT to the point I hate it LOL. It’s abbreviation of “one chance”. It means “maybe” or “there’s a chance”.

   例：イベントの日に仕事あるけど、ワンチャン行けるかも

9. KY = 空気は読めない

   “Can’t read the room”

10. おっす！

11. abbreviations

    あたおか　頭おかしい

    フェラ fellatio (BJ)

    クニ cunnilingus

    クリ clitoris

    セクハラ　sexual harassment

    なつっ　懐かしい

    おらやま/裏山　羨ましい

    めんど／めんどい　めんどくさい

    鼻ピ　nose piercing

    マクド (kansai) マック (kanto) McDonalds

    スタバ　Starbucks

    リモコン remote control

    クソゲ　クソゲーム　stupid game ie. free mobile games with simple premise

    などなど…

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    other / onomatopoeia

    ちょっぴり　ちょっと

    ガリガリ　skinny

    ギリギリ just in time / something that just makes it, just barely fits etc.

    ゴロゴロ　being lazy, doing nothing: literally rolling around

    ゴム　condom (literally rubber)

    ムラムラ　horny

    メロメロ　lovey dovey

    タピる　to drink tapioca (bubble tea)

    バリ　kansai-ben used same way as めっちゃ

    3P, 4P threesome, foursome

    パパ活　ママ活　sugar daddy, sugar mama

    ふにゃふにゃ　floppy

    ふにゃチン　soft/floppy dick