gyarumoji
gyarumoji is the alternative form of gyaru-moji.
Meaning of gyaru-moji
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
- 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 gyarumoji
| plural | gyarumoji |
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Questions about gyarumoji
- What is gyarumoji the alternative form of?
- Gyarumoji is the alternative form of gyaru-moji.
Words near gyarumoji in the dictionary
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