Other "Word" Words with Crazy Specificity

Other “Word” Words with Crazy Specificity

郭言葉 (kuruwakotoba: language used in red-light districts during the Edo period) red-light district + word

里言葉 (satokotoba: dialect; (historical) language used toward customers by women in the drinking-world establishment) village + word

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