ダ埼玉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
埼 玉
さい
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kun'yomi
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Etymology

Attested since the 1980s.

Blend of ダサい (dasai, “uncool”) +‎ 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”, or the titular capital before 2001), often attributed to Japanese comedian Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita).

Proper noun

ダ埼(さい)玉(たま) • (Dasaitama) 

  1. (slang, derogatory) synonym of 埼玉 (Saitama): Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
    • 1992, Aiko Sato, Rōhei wa shinazu ‎:
      「東(とう)京(きょう)というのはダサイとこだ…ダサイ文化(ぶんか)が焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)を支(ささ)えている。その源(みなもと)はダ埼(さい)玉(たま)にある」というようなものだそう
      “Tōkyō to iu no wa dasai toko da… dasai bunka ga shōchū o sasaete-iru. Sono minamoto wa Dasaitama ni aru” to iu yō na mono da sō
      They say, “Tokyo is a dasai place... dasai culture supports shochu. The fountainhead is in Dasai-tama.”
  2. (slang, derogatory) synonym of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture
    • 2013, Shigenori Yamanaka, Kore de ii no ka? Saitama-ken‎, page 50:
      1988(せんきゅうひゃくはちじゅうはち)年(ねん)の開(かい)局(きょく)当(とう)時(じ)、エフエム埼(さい)玉(たま)を名(な)乗(の)っていた F(エフ)M(エム) 放(ほう)送(そう)局(きょく)は、「ダ埼(さい)玉(たま)のラジオ局(きょく)」という印(いん)象(しょう)を与(あた)えるとでも思(おも)ったのか、 2001(にせんいち)年(ねん)に「埼(さい)玉(たま)」をなくして、もともとの愛(あい)称(しょう)であったヨコ文(も)字(じ) (というかアルファベットだけど) の NACK(ナック) 5(ファイブ) と名(めい)称(しょう)変(へん)更(こう)された。
      Senkyūhyakuhachijūhachi-nen no kaikyoku tōji, Efuemu Saitama o nanotte-ita efuemu hōsōkyoku wa,“Dasaitama no rajio kyoku” to iu inshō o ataeru to demo omotta no ka, nisen'ichi-nen ni “Saitama” o nakushite, motomoto no aishō deatta yoko moji (to iu ka arufabetto dake do) no Nakku Faibu to meishō henkō sareta.
      When it began broadcasting in 1988 FM Saitama was labeled “Dasai-tama radio station”, but in 2001 when Saitama dropped its kanji spelling the station name was changed to Nack5, originally a nickname, written horizontally (in Latin characters).
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