Where does “腐女子” come from?

腐女子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 女子, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

腐女子 (Japanese): A girl/woman who likes homosexual male...

Definitions

  1. A girl/woman who likes homosexual male...

Ancestry of “腐女子”, step by step

腐女子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 女子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女子girl; woman; wife and child; wife
2Japanese子a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired...
3Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
4Japanesenezumi—

via Japanese 腐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese腐rotten

Words derived from “腐女子”

Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →Every word from Japanese 子 →