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リア垢

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese Internet CultureCLUSTER: account_types

リア垢 (ria-aka, from リアル + 垢, "real-life account") is Japanese social-media slang for an account used to stay in touch with people one knows offline, such as friends, classmates or colleagues, as opposed to an account for strangers or a specific hobby. The meaning is not fixed, and the reference account depends on each user.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""The リア垢 is locked and the hobby account is public.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Precious (published 8 June 2024) explains リア垢 as an account for communicating with friends and acquaintances from real life, in contrast with a general account (一般垢), with 垢 short for アカウント. BCN Retail (2 September 2022) describes it as an account tied to real-life acquaintances and notes that it is not always the same as one's main account (本垢), since the split depends on the person.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (in common use by 2022 per BCN Retail; exact first use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020s (Japanese X/Twitter and Instagram use)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:本垢裏垢鍵垢

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPリア垢 →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

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (in common use by 2022 per BCN Retail; exact first use not documented)

NOW

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