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-chan en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

From the Japanese familiar suffix ちゃん (-chan).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.
    • Dr. Murdoch and Murdoch-chan form an alliance with a group they refer to as “happas” who are half-white and half-Asian, claiming that they pose no threat to each other, but both stand to lose if ZOG wins. 2020 May 3, Julien Morein, “Murdoch Murdoch: A Case Study in Threats to Ontological Security in Far-Right Propaganda”, in Arcadia University, page 21, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2020:

Coordinates

-san · -kun

Translations (8)

th จัง (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · cmn 醬 /酱 (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · ru -тян (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · uk -чян (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · ko -짱 (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · ja ちゃん (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · mr -चान (nominal affix indicating familiarity) · cmn(nominal affix indicating familiarity)

-chan en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, morpheme) Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan.

Relateds

chan

wikipedia: 4chan · wikipedia: Futaba Channel