串鯖

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くし
Grade: S
さば
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally a compound of (kushi, skewer) +‎ (saba, mackerel).

A second sense arose out of a kind of pronunciation spelling, punning off of the slang senses of (kushi, proxy) from a clipping of プロクシー (purokushī, proxy), and (saba, server) as a sort of rebus of サーバー (sābā, server).

Pronunciation

Noun

(くし)(さば) (kushisaba

  1. (food) a mackerel skewer, usually grilled
  2. (slang, computing) a proxy server
    Synonyms: プロクシ (purokushi), プロキシ (purokishi), プロクシサーバー (purokushi sābā), (kushi)