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]
  2. (Internet slang) A simple sentence suffix used for its euphony. [2017?]

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

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