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What is the meaning of 肥仔快乐水?

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What is the meaning of 肥仔快乐水?

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In short, 肥宅 快乐水 is slang for Coca-cola. 肥仔快乐水 is a variant. If I take a crack at translating them, it might be “Fat Nerd Happy Water” and “Fatso Happy Water”. 宅 is short for 宅男/ 站女 which connotes a geeky person who never goes out, stays on the couch, plays video games, etc. 仔 is a variant of 崽 and would literally refer to a young domestic animal. So a 肥仔 is a “fatty”, or maybe more loosely a “fat piggie.” I think it derives from southern dialects. You won’t find this one in a Mandarin dictionary. I guess the implication is that part of the contentment of being an obese homebody is consuming sugary sodas. Although 宅 is often translated as “nerd” I think maybe the cultural shift would make “slacker” a better translation to indicate a conscious lifestyle choice in this case. Then again, the terms nerd and geek are often used in self reference these days, especially by those in technology fields.

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See these lessons for context on “otaku” 宅男 / 宅女

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