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サブ垢

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese Internet CultureCLUSTER: account_types

サブ垢 (sabu-aka) is Japanese internet slang for a secondary social-media account kept separate from the main account (本垢). Typical uses are hobbies, viewing only, games, a close circle of friends, or testing, so that different activities stay separate. 垢 is short for アカウント.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""She made a サブ垢 just for her game friends so her work followers would not see it.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Weblio's サブ垢 page says the term is short for サブアカウント and lists those uses of sub accounts, contrasted with the main account used for daily interaction and official posting. No dated first use is named. The existing hobi-aka, ura-aka and kagi-aka entries are specific kinds of secondary account; this entry is the general label.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (exact first use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s-2020s (Japanese social media)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:本垢ホビ垢裏垢鍵垢捨て垢

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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サブ垢 →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

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (exact first use not documented)

NOW

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