Pai slash
Appearance
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In Japanese culture, π/ (パイスラッシュ or パイスラ, Romanized Paisurasshu, pai sura, paisura or pai slash) denotes the appearance of a woman's breasts bisected by a diagonal strap (slash), such as an automobile shoulder harness or purse worn cross-body.[1] The term involves a play on words of the Japanese word for breasts, oppai.[2][3] The term began to appear on the Internet in June 2006.[4]
There is a similar term in Hong Kong called 𠝹波袋 (or 鎅波袋, lit. 'cutting the breasts'). [5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Your Handbag Strap Has a Sexual Connotation (In Japan), Splinter, Gizmodo Media Group, October 28, 2013
- ^ パイスラ (in English and Japanese), Weblio
- ^ Mark Weitzman (August 31, 2013), "Handbag strap breast slash bosom books big seller", Let's Japan
- ^ Google Trends, "パイスラ"/"パイスラッシュ"
- ^ "查字典:𠝹波袋,鎅波袋 | 粵典 words.hk" (in Cantonese).
- Herman Chen; Mark Jan; Kevin Wang (2013). π slash 無法停止凝視的胴體. Sharp Point Press. ISBN 978-957-10-5254-0. OCLC 871047398.
- Yuki Aoyama (2012). パイスラッシュ: 現代フェティシズム分析 [Pi Slash – Modern Fetishism]. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728231-5. OCLC 811357265.