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ドパい

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Japanese Internet CultureCLUSTER: dopagaki_family

ドパい (dopai) is a Japanese adjective formed from ドーパミン (dopamine) and the adjective ending -い. It describes something so stimulating and fun that it gives a rush of pleasure, or a moment of very high excitement, for example a fast-cut short video. It is a derivative of ドパガキ and is not a medical term.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""この動画、展開が速すぎてドパい。" (This video moves so fast it is dopa-level thrilling.)"

LORE & ORIGIN

Impress Watch (15 October 2026) lists ドパい as a derivative of ドパガキ that expresses being at an extremely high emotional peak, and Harada Eigo's slang dictionary describes it as something so stimulating that it gives a rush of pleasure. The base word ドパガキ is traced to X posts from late 2024 (one cited post is dated 28 December 2024) and spread widely among teenagers in 2026. No coiner of ドパい is known.

FIRST SEEN

2025-2026 (derivative of ドパガキ, which appears on X from late 2024; no dated first use of ドパい found)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2026 (Japanese SNS and short-video culture)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang

Related To:ドパガキ Dopamine-Coded

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPドパい →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

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TREND STATUS

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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2025-2026 (derivative of ドパガキ, which appears on X from late 2024; no dated first use of ドパい found)

NOW

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