kogal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.
Noun
kogal (countable and uncountable, plural kogals or kogal)
- (uncountable) A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
- 2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet:
- If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere […]
- 2004, Gordon Mathews, Bruce White, Japan's Changing Generations
- Kogal tackiness was egalitarian, and contrasted with the cute and conservative styles […]
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- (countable) A member of this subculture.
- 2006, David Richard Leheny, Think Global, Fear Local:
- Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex […]
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Synonyms
- kogyaru
Anagrams
- gloak
Karao
Noun
kogal
- traditional G-string garment worn by men