kabedon

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English

A kabedon in Second Life.

Etymology

From Japanese 壁ドン (kabedon), from (kabe, wall) + ドン (don, onomatopoeia for a pounding noise).

Noun

kabedon (plural kabedon or kabedons)

  1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) The act of placing one hand on a wall or other vertical surface while leaning close to another (usually shorter) person whose back is against the wall/surface.
    • 2016, Kina Kobayashi, translated by Jenny McKeon, Nameless Asterism, volume 3:
      Pulling a kabedon will freak her out, so don't get pushy...
    • 2017, Kei Sasuga, translated by Adam Hirsch, Domestic Girlfriend, volume 13, unnumbered page:
      Kabedon only works if you're both into each other.
    • 2021, Teren Mikami, translated by TNFWIBYLU Translation Team, There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., volume 5, unnumbered page:
      We were presently in an empty classroom during lunch break, and she had me trapped in a truly magnificent kabedon.
    • 2021, Kana Nakatsuki, translated by Andria McKnight, Don't Tempt Me, VP!, volume 3, unnumbered page:
      Do girls really get excited over kabedons?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:kabedon.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kabedon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かべドン