Forum - View topicINTEREST: Merriam-Webster Has Noticed 'Senpai' for Possible Dictionary Addition
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frubam
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+1 for the Yandere Sim ref =03
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VivianB
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You have got to be kidding. Senpai means "Elder" not "one who doesn't notice me".
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Hameyadea
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Only from 2012? Really? It feels like this was around for at least a decade or so...
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vonPeterhof
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lebrel
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It's a reference to the ubiquitous (in anime fandom) "please notice me senpai" / "senpai noticed me!" memes. |
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KH91
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This is amazing.
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FtKaru
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Everything about this article, from the content to the images used.
Just why |
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ParaChomp
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Stop. Just stop.
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Whis-pur
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Oh my god, no.
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Stuart Smith
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That reminds me of when I see the word kappa at the end of people's sentences. For the longest time I wondered what a Japanese river yokai had to do with their statement and it seemed like a random non sequitur. Then I learned it is some YouTuber/streamer lingo or something But in general seeing memes or internet lingo seep into real life is always cringeworthy. Now I imagine we'll get people calling younger people senpai and using the word incorrectly like so many others before it. -Stuart Smith |
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zekim
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Mentioned this elsewhere, but I'll worry if the Oxford English Dictionary adds this word. Only then will it be seen as an actual English word.
But then again, D'oh is an official English word. |
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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How sad is it that my first thought was "I think you can rest easy then, because you incorrectly assume a large number of people reference or at all use Mirriam-Webster dictionaries." (And I don't say that to imply that Mirriam-Webster makes BAD dictionaries or is a bad brand for the product) |
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Great Rumbler
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American English has been swiping words from other languages practically from the start, so there's really nothing new about this at all. |
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TarsTarkas
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Think they have a long way to go. Just me, but I have never seen anyone in real life or on the internet use the word 'Senpai', outside of discussions on anime.
and it is great to see more Yuno love. |
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teferi
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I've never heard anyone use the word meatspace but that didn't stop OED from adding it in 2001. I still remember hearing about it on NPR and being baffled for the whole day. |
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