草生える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	生
くさ Grade: 1	は Grade: 1

Etymology

From 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”) + 生(は)える (haeru, “sprout”), from 草(くさ) (kusa, “LOL”), a development from earlier ww (ww) used to indicate laughter in informal online writing, for its visual resemblance to grass.

Literally, "grass sprouts" or "grass grows".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝsa̠ ha̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

草(くさ)生(は)える • (kusa haeru) ichidan (stem 草(くさ)生(は)え (kusa hae), past 草(くさ)生(は)えた (kusa haeta))

1. (Internet slang) to be hilarious

   Synonyms: 草 (kusa), 笑える (waraeru)

   • 2018 February 18, Hikaru Yoza, quoting Twitter user @Ryusei_Rose, “‘Warau’ no hyōgen ga shinka shiteiru ken [The case of evolving expressions for ‘laugh’]”, in BuzzFeed‎^[1]:

     さすがに草(くさ)生(は)えるわ www 大(だい)草(そう)原(げん)不(ふ)回(かい)避(ひ)

     sasuga ni kusa haeru wa www daisōgen fukaihi

     as expected, laughs lol, can’t stop howling