Comments on: chinese net-speak (part 3) ::

By: Adam J. Schokora

Adam J. Schokora — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:42:03 +0000

@ asian, thanks for your response.

You are correct, most of the “Orz”-related slang is originally Japanese. But as this entry is titled “Chinese net-speak,” I kept most of the details specific to how Chinese netizen’s use the slang, which, as you note, is slightly different than the original Japanese meaning.

// AjS

By: asian

asian — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:24 +0000

[56minus1 editorial note: this comment has been edited for relevancy and political correctness.]

The original meaning of Orz is the same as OTL, snO, and many of the similar emoticon is just another version of orz. The original meaning is like failure and despair…it came from the Japanese, oh ya, they invented this emoticon. It is often MISUSED as admire toward something or someone. People use internet languages that they don’t even know the meaning, just all b/c others are using it…it can sometime be really funny to see other misuse things like this…but because so many are misusing orz, the ~~taiwanese and~~ chinese meaning of orz has meaning of admire in addition to the Japanese meaning.

I personally think the “admire” is a little bit off for orz, it can mean I am defeated by you, but not as admire…it shows more frustration than admire well, the last part of this comment is my personal opinion.

By: Sam 对网络口碑(IWOM)的思考（CEO博客2008年12月回顾篇） | seeisee - CIC: 解读网络口碑，探讨网络文化

Sam 对网络口碑(IWOM)的思考（CEO博客2008年12月回顾篇） | seeisee - CIC: 解读网络口碑，探讨网络文化 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:10:54 +0000

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By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:27:35 +0000

Hi all, this is Richard from CIC, thanks for reading our whitepaper :)

@ Micah Sittig
For some sensitive terms such as “俯卧撑,” we purposely did not explain too much. For the paper, we chose a rather safe explanation.

For some terms such as “orz” mentioned, its original meaning is to show respect, but with the creativity of Chinese netizens, it has evolved to express many feelings, some netizens even “orz” just because the others write some sentence which he / she feels cool.

By: davesgonechina

davesgonechina — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:37:15 +0000

Didn’t Martian originate in Taiwan, then later become more of a Mainland phenomenon?

By: Micah Sittig

Micah Sittig — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:19:04 +0000

补充一下, 俯卧撑 is what you say when something really bad is going on but you don’t want to point it out because you’re afraid of getting in trouble… And orz is not necessarily respect, it’s also when somebody does something badass that you *could* do but wouldn’t want to because it has possibly harmful consequences. Like the guy who stunned himself with the stun gun and put it on Youku, you might orz him because he did something 厉害 but you woudn’t do it yourself.

I only got a 40% on the CIC quiz :(