What Does This Mean?
"Dopamine brat/kid" — a self-deprecating (or other-directed) label for someone addicted to the instant stimulation of short-form video or games, with a correspondingly short attention span. Has derivative forms like ドパ舌 ("dopamine tongue," for craving intense flavors) and ドパる (verb form, "to dopamine out").
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"I rewatched the same 8-second clip twenty times, I'm such a dopa-gaki."
LORE & ORIGIN
Emerged as youth internet slang describing short-video and game addiction and the attention-span erosion that comes with it, with references appearing as recently as September 2026. It's used broadly across Gen Z/youth internet culture rather than being tied to any one specific subculture.
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