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0 pointsTheizestooke8y ago0 comments

not 4chan but japanese manga & anime culture.

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The origin is russian though.

lmm8y ago

Not really; Nabokov was born in Russia but left at 19, and wrote Lolita in English while in the US.

Well... yeah, always forgetting about this.

chii8y ago

The term is indeed from a russian book named lolita, but the term 'loli' has evolved via anime to mean something a bit different than the original.

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The origin is russian though.

lmm8y ago

Not really; Nabokov was born in Russia but left at 19, and wrote Lolita in English while in the US.

Well... yeah, always forgetting about this.

chii8y ago

The term is indeed from a russian book named lolita, but the term 'loli' has evolved via anime to mean something a bit different than the original.

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