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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't understand Japanese but here are the meanings in Chinese. My guess is the second one used much more in daily written language

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah, no, this is some Internet slang, and oddly enough it comes from the first meaning. AFAIK, the second one doesn't exist in Japanese.

~~Basically, "hahaha" in Katakana is written as ハハハ. If you line up enough ハハ's, it will look like a series of w's.~~ In chats, they use w (from 笑い、warai) to denote laughter. If you line up enough wwww's, it looks like grass. That's how 草 ended up meaning LOL.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I had heard that w came from 笑い but yeah, it’s 草 because it looks like grass