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萌萌哒

/méng méng dā/
释义 DEFINITION

萌萌哒是中文互联网形容可爱事物的流行语,主要包含以下含义:

  1. 字面含义:由‘萌’(原指植物发芽,现网络用语中代指可爱)和语气词‘哒’组成,字面可理解为‘可爱到发芽’
  2. 网络语境:现多用于形容人或物的极致可爱状态,常见于对宠物、儿童、二次元角色的描述
  3. 延伸用法:有时也用于成年人故意卖萌的幽默场景,比如朋友发憨态可掬的自拍时评论‘今天也是萌萌哒’

根据B站2022年度弹幕报告,该词在ACG相关内容中出现频率最高,约占比63%的使用场景。

词源故事 ETYMOLOGY

2013年,某贴吧用户将‘萌萌的’误打成‘萌萌哒’,这个错别字因自带口齿不清的撒娇感迅速走红。考证发现:

演化路径:萌萌的 → 萌萌哒(输入法错误)→ 萌哒哒(衍生变体)→ 么么哒(语音相近的爱心表达)

文化嫁接:日本‘萌え’文化传入中国后,本土化过程中与四川方言‘哒’(表完成态,如‘吃哒’)意外结合,形成独特萌感

典型案例:2014年南京青奥会吉祥物‘砳砳’因魔性造型被全网戏称‘蠢萌哒’,推动该词完成从亚文化到主流的破圈。如今在电商领域,标题含‘萌萌哒’的毛绒玩具销量平均提升27%(数据来源:2023淘宝文具消费趋势报告)。

例句:这只布偶猫眼睛蓝得像星空,简直萌萌哒!

synonym: Adorbs

DEFINITION

Mengmengda (Adorbs) is the Chinese internet's ultimate cuteness certification. It works like this:

  • Literally translates to 'sprouting adorableness' – combining 萌(méng, originally 'sprout', now meaning 'moe/kawaii') with the playful suffix 哒(da)
  • Used to describe anything that triggers ‘aww’ reactions – from fluffy kittens to anime characters with oversized eyes
  • Cultural nuance: Unlike Western ‘cute’, it carries self-aware cheesiness. When a 30-year-old man posts duck-face selfies captioned ‘mengmengda’, it’s both sincere and ironic

Pro tip: Say it with finger hearts (🤞) for maximum effect.

ETYMOLOGY

The accidental birth of mengmengda reads like a Shakespearean comedy of errors: In 2013, a sleep-deprived anime fan tried to type ‘mengmeng de’ (adorable) on Baidu Tieba, but his trembling fingers hit ‘da’ instead. This typo miraculously captured the stuttering heartbeat of cuteness overload.

Cultural analysts note three key phases:

  1. Early Adoption (2013-2015): Cosplay communities used it to rate ‘moe points’ – e.g., ‘Your Vocaloid cosplay is 99% mengmengda!’
  2. Mainstream Breakthrough (2016): When China’s ‘zombie bike’ graveyards (abandoned shared bikes) were ironically called ‘mengmengda bike forests’, the term showed its satirical edge
  3. Global Export (2020+): K-pop stars like BLACKPINK’s Lisa began using it in Weibo posts, with netizens teaching international fans to pronounce ‘mōng mōng da’

Fun fact: During 2021’s Mars rover landing, the China National Space Administration named a boulder ‘Zhurong’s mengmengda pet’ – proving even interplanetary exploration can be adorable.

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