English
fujo
Fujo comes from Japanese 腐女子 ‘a fujoshi: a woman or girl who likes…’.
- Japanesemodern腐女子ふじょし, fujoshi‘a fujoshi: a woman or girl who likes homosexual male relationships’literally ‘rotten girl’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010fujo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern腐女子ふじょし, fujoshi‘a fujoshi: a woman or girl who likes homosexual male relationships’literally ‘rotten girl’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010fujo
Earliest quotation: 2010, Dienfang Chou: “They consider themselves “Fujo” (Yaoi readers or creators are…”
Every English word from Japanese 腐女子
Today it means
noun A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 腐女子 / fujo