judging by these words...

This week, Sharla from Sharla in Japan

posted a video called 'What's LOL in Japanese?'

I watched it and realized that

there are times when I use English hashtags

and a lot of Japanese people

will get confused

and ask like, "What does that hashtag mean?"

So, today I'm going to follow Sharla's lead

and share some English slang for my Japanese viewers.

The first one is this:

#TBT is one that really gets a lot of confused comments.

The reason is that

well, in the past I never really used Instagram

until this year I registered @KemushiJP

and decided to get my 'gram game going.

But I have this habit of trying to catch up

by posting images I took recently AND a long time ago right after each other.

For example, this week I posted

this photo of Hakata TonTon

it's a famous restaurant in New York City

so I posted a picture of what I ate

but I also posted a picture from a recent trip to Japan that I really liked, too.

So people will ask "LORETTA, WHERE DAFUQ R U?!"

So people will ask "LORETTA, WHERE DAFUQ R U?!"

Yeah, this is a picture of me in Japan

but it's an old one, so that's why there's a #TBT tag!!

This hashtag stands for "Throwback Thursday"

But it's a casual word for like a memory.

Throwback is similar to Japan's word 'Natsukashii" (nostalgic)

But in English we don't really use 'nostalgic' too often.

That'a a bit awkward to say.

Funny thing though, a lot of people who study Japanese use 'nostalgic' in English a lot.

It's like, when you study Japanese

you notice that Japanese words NATSUKASHII and KOISHII are so widely used

so we almost like reimport the common use of 'nostalgia' into English.

Yeah, that's so nostalgic! I really miss Kyoto!

I love eating ramen! I'm so nostalgic just thinking about it!

But really, THROWBACK is more common than 'nostalgic'.

You can express this casually by using

the hashtag for Throwback, #tb or #tbt .

Another word I use a lot is this:

When you see a picture of food

Uhhh that looks amazing! Nomnomnom!

But what is NOM anyway...

A verb? A noun? Kinda noun-ish?

It's like the sound of happily eating something delicious.

So if you see something that looks tasty, you can just comment NOMNOM.

Ahh, this is a good one!

Meaning "Don't watch this at work."

It's kind of a warning so you don't get caught.

Like, some people like to listen to music while they're working at an office, right?

Americans are easy-going about that~~

But if you're like: "Oh, i really want to listen to the Nicki Minaj song!"

and you set it to play, but then you boss walks up

and seems some awkward video scene

Like, her dancing BUTT

THERE'S A CRAZY DANCING BUTT!!!!

That's probably not safe for work :)

So if you see "NSFW" and you're not in a private space

it's probably best not to click, and save it for later when you're alone...

Those are my Top 3 Internet Delicacies!

Wait - you guys must things I'm really weird for picking these.

But how about you guys?

Have you seen weird English internet slang?

If you know of some, please write them in a comment below!

OK, that's all for today!

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