- Yaoi is the Roman abbreviation taken from the Japanese phrase "no climax, no punch line, meaningless.". However, after loan into english the meaning is refer to the gay cartoon without much clear reasons. The feature of this type of comics is that it is mostly painted by female cartoonists, focusing on fantasy romance and emotions. The male characters in the paintings are all beyond real beauty, and the emotional aspect is better than the physical aspect, which can be said to be specialized. Yaoi products are usually created for the joy of female readers.
Yaoi
noun; other word formation type loan word
It can mean gay cartoons in the Japanese animation genre or any gay cartoons in general. It can also refer to gay people.
Etymology : It is a loan word from Japanese and abbreviation of a phrase.
Source : youtube channel CDawgVA (Jan 2020)
Last modified: 30 November 2020