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kogals

kogals is the plural of kogal.

Meaning of kogal

Noun

kogal (countable and uncountable, plural kogals or kogal)

  1. (uncountable) A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
    • If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere […]2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet
  2. (countable) A member of this subculture.
    • Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex […]2006, David Richard Leheny, Think Global, Fear Local

Questions about kogals

What is kogals the plural of?
Kogals is the plural of kogal.

Words near kogals in the dictionary

  1. Koga
  2. kogagenin
  3. kogaionid
  4. kogaionids
  5. kogal
  6. kogals
  7. Kogan
  8. Kogans
  9. Kogarah
  10. Kogarah Bay
  11. kogarkoite

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