kogal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.

Noun

kogal (countable and uncountable, plural kogals)

1. (uncountable) A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
   • 2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet:

     If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere […]

   • 2004, Gordon Mathews, Bruce White, Japan's Changing Generations

     Kogal tackiness was egalitarian, and contrasted with the cute and conservative styles […]

2. (countable) A member of this subculture.
   • 2006, David Richard Leheny, Think Global, Fear Local:

     Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex […]

Synonyms

• kogyaru

Anagrams

• gloak

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Karao

Noun

kogal

1. traditional G-string garment worn by men