net café refugee en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Japanese ネットカフェ難民 (netto kafe nanmin).
Meanings
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(slang) A homeless person in Japan who do not own or rent a residence (thus having no permanent address) and sleeps in 24-hour Internet cafés or manga cafés.
YOKOHAMA (AFP) - Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens.
2020 April 15, “Japan's homeless 'net cafe refugees' seek shelter amid coronavirus woe”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| net cafe refugee | alternative | lexicographic | |
| net café refugees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |