Talk:アキンボ

RFV discussion: December 2017–February 2021
adjective: akimbo —suzukaze (t・c) 23:34, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Seems unlikely.  gets one hit.   gets 2,070 ostensible hits, collapsing to 97 when paging through.  However, the usage seems weird, and the meaning doesn't seem to be what our entry says.  For example, one post is talking about a video game glitch, stating 「アキンボで走るときに」 (akinbo de hashiru toki ni, “when running akimbo”).  That sounds super weird to me, and makes me think that this アキンボ is not just a borrowing from .  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 00:34, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * This Yahoo answer pretty much explains it. It is apparently a borrowing from English akimbo, but its usage seems to be limited in the context of FPS games. Searching "アキンボ" on Japanese Wikipedia also confirms this. Nardog (talk) 11:28, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Nardog. The usage does appear to be more along the lines of "with pistols in both hands at the ready", similar to 二丁拳銃 (nichō kenjū, literally “two pistols”).  For others here, the Yahoo link above describes how the term appears to be purely a gaming term, and pretty much exclusive to the Call of Duty first-person-shooter game.  The poster there theorizes that the term came into vogue because of the game, and from a misunderstanding that "hands on one's hips" was more about gunslingers ready to draw their guns, and from there to having pistols in both hands.
 * It's clear the entry needs reworking.  I have other duties keeping me busy today, and possibly for the rest of the week, so I won't be tackling that soon.  :)  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:37, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * @Eirikr &mdash; surjection &lang; &rang; 23:54, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * RFV-deleted &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 10:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)