ンゴ

ンゴ

Japanese

Etymology

Derived in 2008 from the name of Domingo Guzmán, who was a pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Born on 2ch's baseball board.

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Suffix

ンゴ • (-ngo) 

1. (2channel slang, Internet slang) A suffix attached to the end of sentences to humorously impart a sense of misfortune/bad luck/failure on the part of the speaker. [2008–]
   • 2014, 谷川ニコ [Nico Tanigawa], “喪55 [Fail 55]”, in 私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い！ [No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!], ガンガンONLINE [Gangan Online]:

     今(こ)年(とし)こそ彼(かの)女(じょ)欲(ほ)しいンゴ（震(ふる)え声(ごえ)）

     kotoshi koso kanojo hoshii ngo (furuegoe)

     *whimpering* a gf this year pls

2. (Internet slang) A simple sentence suffix used for its euphony. [2017?–]
   • 2018, NHKニュース (“NHK NEWS”),

     ピョンチャン五(ご)輪(りん)の開(かい)会(かい)式(しき)まで、あと22(にじゅうに)日(にち)しかないンゴ。

     Pyonchan Gorin no kaikaishiki made, ato nijūni-nichi shika nai ngo.

     Just 22 days until the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics-ngo.

   • 2021, chapter 6, in ゾンビランドサガ リベンジ, 9m34s from the start:

     迎(むか)えに来(き)たンゴ

     mukae ni kita ngo

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

• A 2017 investigation into popular words of the year found this term gaining currency among teenage girls,[1] with loss of the original meaning.[2]

References

1. 10代女子が選ぶ今年の流行語、3位に「ンゴ」
2. 女子大生の間で流行中？　なんJ発「ンゴ」の意味と使い方