ギャル文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もん > も
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of ギャル (gyaru) + 文字 (moji, writing), with the former element presumably borrowed from English girl or gal. The writing is associated with young people, especially young women.

Noun

ギャル()() (gyaru-moji) 

  1. a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended, used especially in text messages
    • 2003 December 20, “Nippon ryūkōki: gyaru-moji”, in Yomiuri Shimbun, page 9:
      「(ナ”W(キ?」「八”T八”T」。それぞれ「元気?」「バイバイ」と書いてあるそうだ。「ギャル文字」とか「へた文字」と呼ばれるもの
      (ナ”W(キ? 八”T八”T. Respectively, “Are you well?” and “Bye-bye” are written like that. It's something called “gyaru-moji” or “heta-moji”
  2. the characters or symbols used for such substitutions

Synonyms

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