Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

himedanshi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: himedan-shi
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male fan of yuri.

Slang

Example Sentences

"The way modern "yaoi" and "yuri" anime/manga are totally make sense when you realize 90% of it is meant to feed the sexual appetites and gay/lesbian fetishes of straight women and men. Which has been true of bl since the beginning, since it was always meant to be an outlet for Japanese women to explore their sexuality sans the patriarchal norms that loomed over even fictionalized heterosexual couplings. Yuri arguably started in a more genuinely queer place, but since then it has been almost totally co-opted by himedanshi."
"Almost all of my bestest guy friends are himedanshis, including my roomies, they are good men"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 姫男子 (literally “princess boy”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 姫男子

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

himedanshis (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fudanshi fujin fujoshi himejoshi himejin

Questions

What does himedanshi mean?: A male fan of yuri.
Where does himedanshi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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