ネトウヨ

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ネット右翼 (netto uyoku, literally “internet right-wing”). First appeared in the late 1990s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ネトウヨ [nètóúyó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞to̞ɯ̟jo̞]

Noun

ネトウヨ • (netouyo) 

1. (often offensive, chiefly Internet slang) netizen who espouses extreme right-wing (nationalistic and xenophobic) ideologies

   Antonym: ネトサヨ

Related terms

• ビジウヨ (bijiuyo)

See also

• アベガー (abegā)
• ウヨ (uyo)