Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fujo

/ˈfud͡ʒoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-jo
IPA: /ˈfud͡ʒoʊ/

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.

Derogatory; Informal; Slang

Example Sentences

"They consider themselves “Fujo” (Yaoi readers or creators are referred as “Fujoshi” in Japanese) and they have been reading Yaoi for more than five years."
"people be like “fujos suck and fetishize gay men” and then talk about their favorite BL 😳😳"
""So, while I'm personally self-aware of the fact that I'm a fujoshi," she continued, "I would still be upset if someone were to say, 'You're into that fujoshi crap?' or call me a 'nasty fujo' to my face. […]"

Etymology

Clipping of fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子 (ふじょし, fujoshi, literally “rotten girl”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfud͡ʒoʊ/
British English: /ˈfuːd͡ʒəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fujos (plural)

Derived Forms

fujobait

Phrases

fujo out

Synonyms

fujoshi fujoshit

Questions

How do you pronounce fujo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfud͡ʒoʊ/.
What does fujo mean?: A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.
Where does fujo come from?: Clipping of fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子 (ふじょし, fujoshi, literally “rotten girl”).

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