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ita-bag

ita-bag noun: a handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).

ita-bag: a handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges,...
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Noun

ita-bag (plural ita-bags)

  1. (slang) A handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).
    • This must be the character plastered all over that ita-bag she has...2018, Rin Murakami, translated by Marco Godano, Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend, volume 1, unnumbered page
    • I have a few ita bags for the fandoms I really like – mostly, my favorite musicians and their fandom pins.2023, Andrea Towers, Gamer Girls: Monster Village, unnumbered page

Forms of ita-bag

pluralita-bags
alternative formita bag
alternative formitabag

Origin of ita-bag

From Japanese 痛バッグ (ita baggu, “painful bag”), from 痛 (ita, “pain”) + バッグ (baggu, “bag”), itself from English bag.

Questions about ita-bag

What does ita-bag mean?
Ita-bag means a handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).
What part of speech is ita-bag?
Ita-bag is a noun.
What is the plural of ita-bag?
The plural of ita-bag is ita-bags.

Words near ita-bag in the dictionary

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  2. IT/OT
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  4. ita
  5. ita-
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  7. ita-bags
  8. Itabashi
  9. itabirite
  10. Itaboraian
  11. itacism

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