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放射脳
ほうしゃのう
1. [n] [joc,col]
▶ obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems)
▶ person obsessed with radiation
▶ [lit] radiation brain



History:
3. A 2016-09-12 00:36:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK. I'm usually against such literal translations, but I can see the point here.
2. A* 2016-09-08 02:48:39  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Lots and lots of mentions on Twitter in the past 24 hours.
  Comments:
is the lit helpful? (considering it's a jocular expression)
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+<misc>&joc;</misc>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
@@ -13 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>people obsessed with radiation</gloss>
+<gloss>person obsessed with radiation</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">radiation brain</gloss>
1. A* 2016-09-08 00:50:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://dic.pixiv.net/a/放射脳
300k WWW hits, 90/4 G/KM n-grams. Quite a lot of Twitter mentions.
  Comments:
Can someone check out my gloss attempt? Obviously this term was lightly used back in 2004/2007, but is more common now.
Possibly a pun on 放射能.

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