"バカチョン" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ba̠ka̠t͡ɕõ̞ɴ] Forms: bakachon [romanization]
Etymology: Uncertain, but probably a shortening of バカチョンカメラ (bakachon kamera, “vacation camera”). While the full phrase camera phrase バカチョンカメラ (bakachon kamera) only appears from the early 1980s, phrasing like ばかだの、ちょんだの (baka da no, chon da no, “even a baka or a chon, even an idiot or a good-for-nothing”) is already extant in the 1870s. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|ja}} Uncertain, {{ja-r|バカチョン カメラ||vacation camera}} バカチョンカメラ (bakachon kamera, “vacation camera”), {{ja-r|バカチョン カメラ}} バカチョンカメラ (bakachon kamera), {{ja-r|ばか だ の、ちょん だ の||even a baka or a chon, even an idiot or a good-for-nothing|linkto=-}} ばかだの、ちょんだの (baka da no, chon da no, “even a baka or a chon, even an idiot or a good-for-nothing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} バカチョン • (bakachon)
  1. point-and-shoot camera, compact camera Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen#Online_search_engines, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, ja:バカチョン
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