Chan Examples?
4.6BRAINROT SCOREchan Internet shorthand for an imageboard, and a suffix used in the names of anonymous image-based forums, usually ones modeled on 4chan. It is separate from the Japanese honorific -chan used with personal names.
Origin:Wiktionary traces the imageboard sense to 4chan, which took its name from Futaba Channel (2chan), a Japanese board whose own name comes from the Japanese word for channel, itself borrowed from English. New boards add the suffix to signal that they are modeled on 4chan.
First Seen:Unknown (derived from 2chan and 4chan; no dated first use found)
Peak Era:2000s onward
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Correct Use In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""He said the new site was just another chan with a different logo.""
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