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gainaxing en · NOUN

Etymology

From Gainax + -ing, from the company's tendency to depict breasts in such a way.

Meanings

1. (countable, humorous, slang, uncountable) excessive shaking of animated breasts, often large.
   • There is no gainaxing seen in the game though. 1996 October 2, Chia Jin Ngee, “VF3: Funny moments”, in rec.games.video.arcade (Usenet):
   • According to a Usenet post from 1993, one particular busty young woman from the Gainax anime Otaku no Video inspired a tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement for Gainaxing: one full bounce is apparently equal to one "Misty May". Ironically, it started as an attempt to animate more realistic movement of breasts before getting out of hand by the 1990s. 2007 May 2, TVTropes, archived from the original on 02 May 2007:
   • Gainaxing should be a staple in any form of media. Games, movies, animation. It fills me with joy. 2024 June 11, @thatdudecalled1, Twitter:
   • 豆知识，“乳摇”，尤其指两边摇动方向不同的乳摇，翻译成英文是“Gainaxing”。（所以说这些人造的什么孽哟 2010 June 17, @sakyac, Twitter:
   • It wouldn't be Gainax with out some Gainaxing! #anime. 2010 February 6, Jake Walker, Twitter:

Forms

Synonyms

jiggle physics

Translations (2)

zh 乳搖 /乳摇 (excessive shaking of anime breasts) · ja 乳揺れ (excessive shaking of anime breasts)