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Chinese
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poison; narcotics
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breast; lady; milk
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trad. (毒奶)
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毒
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simp. #(毒奶)
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毒
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Literally: “poisonous milk”.
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Etymology
From the Chinese community of World of Warcraft, describing an unwanted effect where the healing of a 奶媽/奶妈 (nǎimā) (healer) can actually do detriment to a certain kind on character class. Hence, "poisonous milk/healing".
The term later expanded to describe situations where a prediction is bound to bring unwanted detriment to the subject of the prediction.
Pronunciation
Noun
毒奶
- (literally) contaminated milk
- (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) jinx; curse
Synonyms
- (jinx): 烏鴉嘴/乌鸦嘴 (wūyāzuǐ), (Hong Kong Cantonese) 燈神
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