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Walaruigio
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one word by Walaruigio

January 7th, 2007 9:02 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: go to freepress and add your character's very own word.

A little info about Free Words Forever:

"Free Words Forever is an ongoing collection of words by many contributors.
It will be published by Free Press in book form as part of the Free Press Library."

I chose to add my favorite Japanese word: 無精髭 (bushouhige). When I learned this word, I knew I had chosen the right language to study; I chronically suffer from 無精髭, and it was exciting to see that there was a single word for the ailment in Japanese. The three characters mean, in order, not, vitality and beard. Put them together and you get: the beard one has because one is too lazy to shave.

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Bushouhige

Bushouhige

Here's an example of myself with an extreme case of 無精髭.



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posted by anna one on January 7th, 2007 12:16 PM

Awesome! (Can you give us a pronunciation guide? I have much use for this word.)

Hard to explain, but...
posted by Walaruigio on January 7th, 2007 1:37 PM

Boo Show He Gay

That should get you a pretty good approximation if you double the length of the vowel sound in "show" and halve the length of the vowel sound in "gay."

Women's version?
posted by Cthulhu Kitty on January 8th, 2007 8:20 AM

Do you think Bushohige could also describe my legs? (the hair is there not for political reasons but sheer laziness) Also, nice P-chan T-shirt!

無精毛脛
posted by Walaruigio on January 8th, 2007 11:28 AM

Hige refers specifically to hair on one's face, so I don't think it's quite appropriate for hairy legs. My Japanese dictionary does not have a term for hairy legs attributed to laziness, so let's coin one.

Leg hair is 毛脛 (kezune), so I declare 無精毛脛 (bushoukezune) to be the hairy legs one has because one is too lazy to shave.

As to pronunciation, remember that the "e" in Japanese is pronounced as in "eh", not as in "he", and you should have it.

HA
posted by SNORLAX on January 8th, 2007 11:35 AM

i used to have that exact shirt