池沼

Chinese
pond; reservoir pond; pool
trad. (池沼) 池 沼
simp. #(池沼) 池 沼

Etymology
“idiot, blockhead”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 池沼(ちしょう) (chishō, “intellectual disability person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

池沼

  1. pond; pool
  2. (Internet slang, derogatory) idiot, blockhead

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
池 沼
ち
Grade: 2		 しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちしょー [chìshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō) ←ちせう (tiseu)?

  1. pond and swamp

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
池 沼
ち
Grade: 2		 しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Homophonic kanji for a shortening of 知的障害 (chiteki shōgai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō) 

  1. (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) intellectual disability person
  2. (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) insane person

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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