What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]
腐男子 (fudanshi) is the male counterpart of 腐女子: a man who enjoys yaoi and boys' love (BL) works, meaning stories about romantic relationships between men. The 男 (man) replaces 女 (woman) in the original self-deprecating pun. A jokingly used variant is 腐兄 (fukei).
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""He is a 腐男子 who goes to the BL section of the bookstore every week.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wikipedia (ja) lists 腐男子 and the joking variant 腐兄 as the male counterparts of 腐女子, a word that appeared online in the late 1990s. The page gives no coiner and no separate first-use date for 腐男子.
FIRST SEEN
Unknown (formed as the male counterpart of 腐女子, which appeared online in the late 1990s; exact first use not documented)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2010s-2020s (Japanese fandom and social media)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↓ FADING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
Unknown (formed as the male counterpart of 腐女子, which appeared online in the late 1990s; exact first use not documented)
NOW
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