gyaru-moji
gyaru-moji noun: a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended.
Noun
gyaru-moji (usually uncountable, plural gyaru-moji)
- A form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended
- In fact, newspaper accounts chronicle the rise of gyaru-moji (“girl-signs”), a “secret” texting language of symbols improvised by Japanese teenage girls.2009, Aaron Marcus, “Advanced Interaction Modalities with Mobile Digital Content”, in Aaron Marcus, Anxo Cereijo Roibás, Riccardo Sala, editors, Mobile TV: Customizing Content and Experience, page 296
- Today, the same kind of inventiveness is seen in SMS gyarumoji ('girl-talk'), which is a mixture of Japanese syllables, numerals, emoticons, and other characters.2009, David Crystal, Txtng: The Gr8 Db8, page 136
- The characters or symbols used for such substitutions
- For example, the phonetic symbol に (ni) can be written in gyaru moji as |=, I=, (=, or L=2015, Zheng Yan, Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, page 1437
Forms of gyaru-moji
| plural | gyaru-moji |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gyarumoji |
| alternative form | gyaru moji |
Origin of gyaru-moji
From Japanese ギャル文字.
Questions about gyaru-moji
- What does gyaru-moji mean?
- Gyaru-moji means a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended.
- What part of speech is gyaru-moji?
- Gyaru-moji is a noun.
- What is the plural of gyaru-moji?
- The plural of gyaru-moji is gyaru-moji.
Words near gyaru-moji in the dictionary
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