Gyaru-moji
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gyaru-moji is a noun meaning A form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended.
Meaning
A form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended.
More Meanings
- The characters or symbols used for such substitutions
Example Sentences
For example, the phonetic symbol に (ni) can be written in gyaru moji as |=, I=, (=, or L=
In fact, newspaper accounts chronicle the rise of gyaru-moji (“girl-signs”), a “secret” texting language of symbols improvised by Japanese teenage girls.
Today, the same kind of inventiveness is seen in SMS gyarumoji ('girl-talk'), which is a mixture of Japanese syllables, numerals, emoticons, and other characters.
Gyarumoji (gal characters) are designed to hinder the decoding of text by those not in the know. They usually take the form of an unusual mixture of scripts (e.g. Japanese, the alphabet, Roman numerals, the Greek alphabet) with typographic, mathematical, and other symbols
Word Forms
- gyarumoji
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kaomoji, romaji, manyogana, shodo, homograph, grawlix.
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