糞垂れ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くそ
Hyōgai

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (kuso, shit, poop, feces) +‎ 垂れ (tare, hanging, dangling, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 垂れる tareru “to hang down, to dangle”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

(くそ)() (kusotare (alternative reading hiragana くそったれ, rōmaji kusottare)

  1. (rude) a dingleberry (a clump of feces hanging near the anus)
  2. (derogatory, slang) a dingleberry, a shithead (used as an insult)

Usage notes

This term is most often used in the pejorative shithead sense. It is often also pronounced with the extra mora in the middle, as kusottare, for emphasis.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN