What Does This Mean?

保守age

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese Forum Culture (2channel)CLUSTER: forum_thread_maintenance

Posting a short message, often just 保守 ("maintenance"), to a quiet thread using age, so that the thread is pushed up the board's list and does not drop off through inactivity (dat落ち). A variant, 保守sage, posts the same kind of message without pushing the thread up.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"This thread is about to fall off the board, so: 保守age."

LORE & ORIGIN

Combines 保守 (maintenance, here meaning keeping a thread alive) with age, the 2channel-style posting method that raises a thread to the top of the list (sage is the opposite). An explanation of 保守age appears in a Q&A post dated September 2005, so the usage is documented by then; the earliest use is not documented. The posts are typically short and carry no other content.

FIRST SEEN

By 2005 (explained in a September 2005 Q&A post; earliest use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s (2channel)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

RELATED TERMS

過疎る

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

By 2005 (explained in a September 2005 Q&A post; earliest use not documented)

NOW

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