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I learned a new slang in Japanese today: 草生える. I will now explain it
2017-09-12 09:08:17
In Japanese "w" is short for 笑う which means "to laugh"
2017-09-12 09:09:05
But "wwww" looks like grass growing, so it's similar to 草生える, which means "grow grass" but means "lol"
2017-09-12 09:10:30
Solutions Engineer at Kong @thekonginc, ex-@github, ex-@pwc, etc 『チーム開発実践入門』と言う本を書きました。 https://t.co/iqXRiJhvXF

俺が何気なくアーロンに草の意味教えたら随分バズることになった。今年のルビー会議はみんな草のネタ入れてくるかな?
2017-09-15 08:49:41
@tenderlove I get frustrated at learning 日本語 a lot but stuff like this reminds me why I love it. Visual puns are some next level language hacking.
2017-09-12 09:14:39
@megahbite YES! I wish we had puns like this in English
2017-09-12 09:22:40
Of course, never actually say 草生える to someone because it doesn't make sense outside of internet culture
2017-09-12 09:20:54
Dear followers, please ignore this tweet. It's such bad Japanese. I want you to learn good Japanese and this is so bad twitter.com/tenderlove/sta…
2017-09-14 10:39:12
TBH I really enjoy the phrase "草生える" because it's a visual pun, and we don't have that in English
2017-09-14 10:45:21