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2/25/2015 6:52:03 PM
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Japanese word for loser, plenty of losers out there. Like those who wear gold chains and aren't black, or those who wear shirts that say they are a nerd.
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  • So wearing a t-shirt with a specific text across it, or wearing a gold chain despite your melanin count makes you a loser? You're a -blam!-ing bigot dude.

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  • Uh, no. It's not the Japanese word for loser. It's just a general term for people with obsessive interests.

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  • It's synonymous with japanese anime fanatics though.

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  • To the Western world.

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  • Fair point, but it's mostly used in Japan, in reference to anime fans. Actually, I wouldn't know, seeing as I've never been to Japan, don't know jack about Japanese culture, and my only exposure to the country is through broken English, shouted names of fighting moves, and characters that have eyes bigger that their foreheads.

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