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fujo

UK/ˈfuːd͡ʒəʊ//ˈfud͡ʒoʊ/

fujo noun: a female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.

Noun

fujo (plural fujos or fujo)

  1. (derogatory, informal, slang, sometimes) A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.
    • They consider themselves “Fujo” (Yaoi readers or creators are referred as “Fujoshi” in Japanese) and they have been reading Yaoi for more than five years.2010, Dienfang Chou, “Exploring the Meaning of Yaoi in Taiwan for Female Readers: From the Perspective of Gender”, in Intercultural Communication Studies, volume 19, number 1, page 82
    • people be like “fujos suck and fetishize gay men” and then talk about their favorite BL 😳😳2019 October 25, mahi alina (@noctupavo), Twitter
    Synonyms:
    fujoshi, fujoshit

Synonyms of fujo

Forms of fujo

pluralfujos
pluralfujo

Origin of fujo

Clipping of fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子 (ふじょし, fujoshi, literally “rotten girl”).

Words formed from fujo

Questions about fujo

What does fujo mean?
Fujo means a female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.
What part of speech is fujo?
Fujo is a noun.
How do you pronounce fujo?
Fujo is pronounced /ˈfuːd͡ʒəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of fujo?
The plural of fujo is fujos.

Words near fujo in the dictionary

  1. Fujiwhara
  2. Fujiwhara effect
  3. Fujiwhara effects
  4. Fujiyama
  5. Fujiyamas
  6. fujo
  7. fujo out
  8. fujobait
  9. fujobrained
  10. fujoed out
  11. fujoing out

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