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Japanese
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Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of やおい – see the following entry.
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| (This term, やおい (yaoi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
A blend of 山無し (yama nashi, “no climax”) + 落ち無し (ochi nashi, “no point”) + 意味無し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.
Noun
やおい • (yaoi)
- (neologism, slang) yaoi
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