What Does This Mean?

拡散希望

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese Internet CultureCLUSTER: social_sharing_requests

Literally "spread requested"; a tag or phrase added to a post asking readers to share or repost it widely, typically on Twitter/X, for example for a warning, an appeal for help or an announcement. Often written in brackets, as 【拡散希望】.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"【拡散希望】 Lost cat near the station, please repost."

LORE & ORIGIN

Compound of 拡散 (spreading, diffusion) and 希望 (request, wish). Dictionaries note that 拡散 now commonly means reposting or sharing content so that it reaches many people. A personal blog post of March 2011 quotes a tweet tagged 【拡散希望】, which shows the usage on Twitter by then; where and when it started is not documented.

FIRST SEEN

By March 2011 (seen on Twitter; earliest use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s onward (Twitter/X)

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拡散希望 →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

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

By March 2011 (seen on Twitter; earliest use not documented)

NOW

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