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Alternative spellings
御焦げ
お焦げ
 
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Etymology edit

Compound of (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 焦げ (koge, burnt, from 焦げる (kogeru, to be burned)). The fag hag sense arises from analogy to burnt residue sticking to a お釜 (okama, cooking pot; homosexual).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

おこげ (okoge

  1. burnt residual food
  2. (LGBT) fag hag

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN