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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 萌えゲー (moegē), a combination of 萌え (moe, “moe”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.
Noun
[edit]moege (plural moeges or moege)
- (video games, Internet) A kind of Japanese visual novel featuring moe content, including cute characters and art style.
- 2009 November 10, @4chanbot, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 2024-08-10:
- jp: >>3703876 Look, even Swan Song and Sayonara wo Oshiete are a moege under that standard.
- 2013 July 20, @erogethoughts, Twitter[2], archived from the original on 2024-08-10:
- Annd more hscenes. These days most good moeges have been mixing up moe with plenty of ero to go with it.
- 2014 August 3, @HadlerER, Twitter[3], archived from the original on 2024-08-10:
- Felt like Nakahiro tried to write a plot intensive title with a moege style which I guess can work with some people, not with me
- 2019 October 23, @FarisHalawa1, Twitter[4], archived from the original on 2024-08-10:
- Fault Milestone is nice and short. It's not a moege but it's cute and the world building is raw kino swag
- 2023 December 15, @moemoepurest, Twitter[5], archived from the original on 2024-08-10:
- I don’t wanna go to work, I just wanna stay home and continue reading Riddle Joker. I’m having waaay too much fun with it, ;w;
I always knew I would love reading a moege, but I didn’t think I’d love it *this* much.
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