"やおい" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: yaoi [romanization]
Etymology: From a blend of 山無し (yama nashi) + 落ち無し (ochi nashi) + 意味無し (imi nashi): "no climax, no point, no meaning". The original meaning was a mockery of other people criticising early yaoi works for being too oriented on sex scenes instead of storylines. Etymology templates: {{blend|ja|山無し|落ち無し|意味無し|nocap=1|tr1=yama nashi|tr2=ochi nashi|tr3=imi nashi}} blend of 山無し (yama nashi) + 落ち無し (ochi nashi) + 意味無し (imi nashi) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} やおい • (yaoi)
  1. (neologism, slang) yaoi Tags: neologism, slang Synonyms: 801 (ruby: 8(), 0(), 1()) (alt: yaoi) Related terms: ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), ホモ (homo), 腐女子 (fujoshi) (ruby: 腐女子(ふじょし))
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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