トランジスターグラマー

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from transistor +‎ glamor.[1] Attested from the 1950s.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑisɨta̠ːɡɯ̟ɾa̠ma̠ː]

Noun

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トランジスターグラマー (toranjisutā guramā

  1. (informal) a petite and glamorous woman
    • 2017, Kagi Hideyuki, Busa nanpa [Picking up ugly ones], page 51:
      (おんな)のコの(かた)(ほう)が、()(がら)ないわゆるトランジスターグラマー(こころ)()かれたのです。
      Onnanoko no katahō ga, kogara naiwa yuru toranjisutā guramā de kokoro hikareta no desu.
      I was attracted to one of the women by her impossibly petite so-called transistor glamor.
    • 2019 December, “KURUMA DE GAHAGAHA [Gaga for cars]”, in Tipo, volume 366, page 134:
      クラシックカーもいいけど、ヤングタイマーの気安(きやす)さと(じょう)かしさがいいですよね。 [] こちらはトランジスターグラマー()き((がい)()?)にタマらないですね。
      Kurashikku kā mo ii kedo, Yangu Taimā no kiyasusa to jō ka shisa ga ii desu yo ne. [] Kochira wa toranjisutā guramā suki (gaigo?) ni tamaranai desu ne.
      The classic car is good, but the relaxed look Young Timer gave the young woman is especially good, isn’t it. [] This one is irresistible to the transistor glamor lovers (loan word?).
    • 2023 March 7, “Sumino Wakana, NMB48 kusshi no toranjisutā guramā ga mizugi sugata de miseru! [Wakana Sumino, NMB48’s foremost transistor glamor, dazzles in swimsuit!]”, in MyNavi news[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-08:
      (じょう)西(にし)(ゆず)りのグラビアポーズとN(エヌ)M(エム)B(ビー)48(フォーティーエイト)( くっ)()トランジスタグラマー(みず)()姿(すがた)(あら)わにしている。
      Jōnishi yuzuri no gurabia pōzu to enuemubīfōtīeito kusshi no toranjisuta guramā o mizugi sugata de arawanishiteiru.
      She follows her NMB48 senior and leading transistor glamor photogravure model Ms. Jonishi, revealing her figure in a bathing suit.

References

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  1. ^ トランジスターグラマー”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ Yonekawa Akihiko, editor (2021), 俗語百科事典 [Dictionary of colloquial language] (in Japanese), Asakura Shoten