喪女

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 喪女 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
喪 女
も
Grade: S 		おんな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From モテない (motenai, “unpopular”) + 女 (onna, “woman; female”). モテない (motenai) was shortened to モ (mo) and was assigned the kanji 喪 (mo, “mourning”) as phonetic ateji.

Pronunciation

Noun

喪(も)女(おんな) • (moonna) 

  1. (Internet slang) unpopular woman, unpopular girl

See also

  • 喪男 (moo, mootoko, “unpopular guy”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
喪 女
も
Grade: S 		じょ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi kan'on

Same derivation as above, using the on'yomi of jo for the 女 character.

Pronunciation

Noun

喪(も)女(じょ) • (mojo) 

  1. (Internet slang) unpopular woman, unpopular girl
    • 2011, “ワールズエンド・タンスホール”, MARETU (lyrics):
      喪(も)女(じょ)と呼(よ)ばれ十(じゅう)数(すう)年(ねん)
      mojo to yobare jūsūnen
      It's been ten-odd years that I've been called unpopular

See also

  • 喪男 (modan, “unpopular guy”)
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