お焦げ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焦
こ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 御 (o, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 焦げ (koge, “burnt”). The fag hag sense arises from analogy to burnt residue sticking to a お釜 (okama, “cooking pot; homosexual”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

お焦げ (hiragana おこげ, rōmaji okoge)

  1. burnt residual food
  2. (LGBT) fag hag

Synonyms

  • (burnt residual food): 焦 (こ)げ飯 (めし) (kogemeshi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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