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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of ギャル (gyaru) + 文字 (moji, “writing”), with the former element presumably borrowed from English girl or gal. The writing is associated with young people, especially young women.
Pronunciation
Noun
ギャル文字 • (gyaru-moji)
- a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended, used especially in text messages
2003 December 20, “Nippon ryūkōki: gyaru-moji”, in Yomiuri Shimbun, page 9:「(ナ”W(キ?」八”T八”T」。それぞれ「元気?」「バイバイ」と書いてあるそうだ。「ギャル文字」とか「へた文字」と呼ばれるもの- (ナ”W(キ? 「八”T八”T. Sorezore “genki?” “baibai” to kaitearu sō da. “Gyaru-moji” to ka “heta moji” to yobareru mono.
- (ナ”W(キ? 八”T八”T. Respectively, “Are you well?” and “Bye-bye” are written like that. It's something called “gyaru-moji” or “heta-moji”
- the characters or symbols used for such substitutions
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