What Does This Mean?

過疎る

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

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

To become deserted: said of a message board, thread, chat room or online community in which posts and visitors have dwindled. Conjugates as 過疎ってる (is deserted) and 過疎った (became deserted).

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Nobody has posted in this thread for a week; the board has completely gone 過疎った."

LORE & ORIGIN

Net slang formed from 過疎 (kaso), the standard word for depopulation of rural areas, plus the colloquial verb ending -る. It was first applied to message boards and threads with few posts, and later to online games, live-stream chats and open chat groups. There is no fixed threshold for when a place counts as 過疎; it is the speaker's judgment. Reference sites describe it as already seen on boards such as 2channel in the mid-2000s, but an exact first use is not documented.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (described as in use on 2channel-style boards by the mid-2000s; exact first use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s onward (message boards, later games and chat groups)

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過疎る →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

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (described as in use on 2channel-style boards by the mid-2000s; exact first use not documented)

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