中坊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
中 坊
ちゅう
Grade: 1		 ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From 中学生 (“middle-school student”) + 坊主 (“Buddhist monk, kiddo”); comparing another Internet user's immaturity to that of a typical middle-school student.[1]

Noun

中坊 (hiragana ちゅうぼう, rōmaji chūbō)

  1. (education) middle-school student
  2. (Internet slang) an Internet troll
  3. (Internet slang) a noob

Etymology 2

Proper noun

中坊 (hiragana なかぼう, rōmaji Nakabō)

  1. A surname​.

References
  1. , Japanese Language Stack Exchange
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