Pai slash

Breasts bisected by a diagonal strap
five women in matching Lycra suits
The sashes in this uniform have a 'pai slash' effect.

In Japanese culture, π/ (パイスラッシュ or パイスラ, Romanized Paisurasshu, pai sura, paisura or pai slash) denotes the appearance of a woman's breasts bisected by a diagonal strap (slash), such as an automobile shoulder harness or purse worn cross-body.[1] The term involves a play on words of the Japanese word for breasts, oppai.[2][3] The term began to appear on the Internet in June 2006.[4]

There is a similar term in Hong Kong called 𠝹波袋 (or 鎅波袋, lit. 'cutting the breasts'). [5]

See also

  • Cleavage (breasts)

References

  1. ^ Your Handbag Strap Has a Sexual Connotation (In Japan), Splinter, Gizmodo Media Group, October 28, 2013
  2. ^ パイスラ (in English and Japanese), Weblio
  3. ^ Mark Weitzman (August 31, 2013), "Handbag strap breast slash bosom books big seller", Let's Japan
  4. ^ Google Trends, "パイスラ"/"パイスラッシュ"
  5. ^ "查字典：𠝹波袋,鎅波袋 | 粵典 words.hk" (in Cantonese).
  • Herman Chen; Mark Jan; Kevin Wang (2013). π slash 無法停止凝視的胴體. Sharp Point Press. ISBN 978-957-10-5254-0. OCLC 871047398.
  • Yuki Aoyama (2012). パイスラッシュ: 現代フェティシズム分析 [Pi Slash – Modern Fetishism]. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728231-5. OCLC 811357265.
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