ウーパールーパー

Japanese

Etymology

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) (1985) Named so in a TV commercial, wasei eigo (和製英語), as a substitution for アホロートル (ahorōtoru) which sounds like 阿呆老頭児 (ahorōtoru, literally “stupid old fart”)

Noun

ウーパールーパー (rōmaji ūpārūpā)

  1. (informal) Synonym of アホロートル (ahorōtoru, “axolotl”)
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