You mad? Really ticked off? Effing pissed? Thereâs a difference, you know.
Online for the past few months, there have been humorous degrees of being angry in Japan. The meme was originally based on the Japanese âgalâ subculture slang for angry, âokoâ (ăă).
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Some of these read somewhat awkward in English. For example, âpunpunâ (ă·ăă·ă) refers to âbeing angry or furiousâ in Japanese. However, this translation should clue you on how to view the mad meme images. The last âdreamâ image is usually some kind of anger induced euphoria.
This has become so popular online in Japan that it was even covered (and explained) by mainstream Japanese TV:
The Japanese gal subculture doesnât actually use all these words, J-Cast reports. And the way they use the âokoâ (angry) slang is slightly different. This is net slang! Other folks donât really use these words in spoken speechâkind of like âROFLâ in English. They do create images like these, many of which were retweeted thousands of times:
Besides the ironic remixes, there are also celebrity versions, including the inevitable Harry Potter send-ups:
Photos: ă«ă, black_lotusfake, SPW, Hino_sunny, Doriko, uw_over, akamatsuc, habisan, Matome, oreo, ugogayapoke, ritu7620, nnnxo, hebochicken, chico_hks, kanesys, Kanmnmnm, 246merimo, no_more_oppai, Zukanda
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