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Woah "power-up" (as in the mushroom Mario takes to be double-sized) is originally Japanese! Never noticed how it's not grammatically sensible English. Similar
by netsharc 3y ago
Woah "power-up" (as in the mushroom Mario takes to be double-sized) is originally Japanese! Never noticed how it's not grammatically sensible English.
Similar to how "long time no see" is either from Mandarin or pidgin English.
- resolutebat 3y ago"X up" is a common construct in wasei eigo (Japan-made English). An upgrade is a "version up", a raise across the whole company is a "base up", etc.
- netsharc 3y agoYes, that's what's conveyed in the Wikipedia article, in the entry "-appu". One of the examples was "power-up", and that's when I went "Woah!".
- norturnn 3y ago[dead]