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馬鹿チョン
ばかチョンバカチョン (nokanji)
1. [n] [col,sens,dated,abbr,uk]
《sometimes considered offensive due to use of チョン as an ethnic slur for Koreans》
▶ point-and-shoot (camera)
▶ (autofocus) compact camera
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2095580 【バカチョンカメラ】 1. point-and-shoot camera; (autofocus) compact camera



History:
8. A 2021-10-14 10:25:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK. I assumed this came first.
7. A* 2021-10-13 15:30:03  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/バカチョン#意味と用法
  Comments:
I don't think there's a "foolproof" sense here. バカチョン isn't used as a prefix in other terms. バカチョンカメラ came first, and was then abbreviated to バカチョン.
  Diff:
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
-<misc>&sens;</misc>
-<s_inf>sometimes considered offensive due to the use of チョン as an ethnic slur for Koreans</s_inf>
-<gloss>foolproof</gloss>
-<gloss>idiot-proof</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="2095580">馬鹿チョンカメラ</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2095580">馬鹿チョンカメラ</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2095580">馬鹿チョンカメラ</xref>
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<xref type="see" seq="2095580">バカチョンカメラ</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2095580">バカチョンカメラ</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2095580">バカチョンカメラ</xref>
@@ -31,0 +21,4 @@
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<s_inf>sometimes considered offensive due to use of チョン as an ethnic slur for Koreans</s_inf>
@@ -32,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>(autofocus) compact camera</gloss>
6. A* 2021-10-13 10:58:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Suggest moving the note from 2095580 to here.
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<s_inf>sometimes considered offensive due to the use of チョン as an ethnic slur for Koreans</s_inf>
5. A 2017-03-02 01:27:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2017-02-27 15:37:07  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams:
馬鹿チョン	 6046
ばかチョン	  163
バカチョン	14407
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>バカチョン</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -12,0 +17 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
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