Japanese Internet Acronyms

Patapete
Mar 28, 2008 at 5:06 AM
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I thought I'd post this quickie guide to a few Japanese acronyms floating around on NicoNico and other places. I first learned about these when I used to play Gunz Online in Japan, many many moons ago...and yet there are still a few words I'm confuzzled about. If anybody out there has any more pertinent info, please, share them :)

"www" = A common way of laughing, a la "lol". Stems from warai, or "to laugh".
"wktk" = Shortened form of waku teku, which is an onomatopoeia for showing anticipation.
"ktkr" = Another short form for kita kore, which is probably closest to "woot" or something. Kita by itself is a semi-reference from 2ch and Densha Otoko. (ex: ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!)
"dkdk" = A bit rare to see, but its another short form for doki doki, which is the sound a heartbeat makes when its pumping faster to you know, express palpitation.
"orz" or "OTL" = If you can't see it, this is kind of like a small guy "bowing" to express humbleness. I have friends who swear they still can't see it...
"ky" = Shortened for kusoyaro. Its usually said humourously, but quite literally it means m***** f*****.

"4649" = This one I picked up from MMO's. 4649 means yoroshiku, with the 4 from yon or 四, the 6 from roku or 六, another 4, and 9 from kyu or 九. It can be abbreviated to 46 or yoru.

Hope that helps out everybody enjoy NicoNico a little better :)

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[いいですね]

I can see the little guy bowing. Took me a minute to see what you were talking about though.

WaW this is an interesting note.INfact when i play counterstrike online people usually write some staff i cant always understand:)

[這個好]

I’ve barely mastered the English acronyms and here comes a new bunch!

[this is good]

got ne other jap animes with computer related stuff mm loved that about death note

Patapete replied to Ivysgrandkid’s comment:
Mar 30, 2008
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I'm not sure what you mean...

Ivysgrandkid replied to Patapete’s comment:
Mar 30, 2008
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I mean animes centered around technology for eg ghost in the shell, whats the name of that other one where the girls thoughts come into place it had the artificial life form girl with the glasses.. you have one of the action figures I like animes like those but they're hard to find

You mean Nagato Yuki? Are you just looking for sci-fi related animes to watch?

Ivysgrandkid replied to Patapete’s comment:
Mar 30, 2008
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that and ones that are centered around technology

Hmm. Dennou Coil is the only one thats coming to mind, right now. I'll try to think of more later.

Ivysgrandkid replied to Patapete’s comment:
Mar 30, 2008
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I just started watching lucky star haha im in love hahaha

appreciate the education. I've a fondness for dokidoki, both the sound and meaning; www is a good one too ... like laughter that keeps on rolling.

www

Thanks, always nice to have a list of those around. :D

Anyway, any idea where VIP or VIPPER came from? I'm pretty sure it was some imageboard but I'm not sure.

I'm not sure, thats a new one for me. Where did you see it? If you can find the link, that'll help me read around the context and try to figure it out for you.

I have always loved orz, just because it's a very pronounceable acronym!

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