Etymology

doki

do·ki
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Today it means: Any of the female characters from the visual novel video game Doki Doki Literature Club!, that is, Monika, Natsuki, Sayori, and Yuri. Full definition →

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From the title of the game Doki Doki Literature Club!, itself from Japanese どき (doki, “sound of heartbeat”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.