Post AwHAJ1WHZhbuCW5RRo by rojun@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Aw4kKohaztroNwwp9M by genmaicha@stereophonic.space
       2025-07-13T01:42:39.853727Z
       
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       according to wiktionary, the word "waifu" was first used in 1860:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95#cite_note-KDJ-1#wikifinds
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw4kiHRGK0KyAdUpCC by genmaicha@stereophonic.space
       2025-07-13T01:46:54.262027Z
       
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       hentai existed by the early 19th century, and samurai were formally abolished around the 1870s, so there was a brief period of history during which samurai could hypothetically read hentai and use the word 'waifu'.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw4qoCXS3KZuR3b7Ng by taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org
       2025-07-13T02:35:22.645291Z
       
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       @genmaicha Fact checkers have decided that this is misleading 🚫The modern "waifu" meme did not come into existence before Azumanga Daioh. As such, any samurai who may have used the word before, would have done so with a different meaning.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw4qoDh3l5rG196Izo by genmaicha@stereophonic.space
       2025-07-13T02:55:09.005528Z
       
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       @taylan did you look at the link I posted? it cites a japanese dictionary for the first usage of 'waifu'.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwHAJ1WHZhbuCW5RRo by rojun@mastodon.social
       2025-07-18T16:50:08Z
       
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       @genmaicha So, in the Victorian era...