Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

net café refugee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: net -cafe refugee
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A homeless person in Japan who do not own or rent a residence (thus having no permanent address) and sleeps in 24-hour Internet cafés or manga cafés.

Slang

Example Sentences

"YOKOHAMA (AFP) - Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens."

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ネットカフェ難民 (netto kafe nanmin).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

net café refugees (plural) net cafe refugee (alternative)

Questions

What does net café refugee mean?: A homeless person in Japan who do not own or rent a residence (thus having no permanent address) and sleeps in 24-hour Internet cafés or manga cafés.
Where does net café refugee come from?: Calque of Japanese ネットカフェ難民 (netto kafe nanmin).

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