UMA
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English
Noun
UMA (countable and uncountable, plural UMAs)
- (computing) Initialism of unified memory access.
- (dated, computing) Initialism of upper memory area.
- Initialism of union membership agreement.
- (wasei-eigo) Initialism of unidentified mysterious animal.
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Etymology
Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from U + M + A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (neologism, cryptozoology) a cryptid
- 2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百四十五訓 かまくらはどんだけ頑張って作っても次の日にはどっかのクソガキに壊される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in 銀魂 [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- ……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のUMAが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！
- ……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi neeeee‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten daaa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!
- ……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?
- ……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のUMAが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！