Etymology

instant loss 2koma

Today it means: A two-panel comic depicting a character who displays smugness or overconfidence in the first panel, only to be defeated or humiliated in the second. Full definition →

Japanese 即堕ち2コマ
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  1. Japanese · calque of即堕ち2コマ“instant fall 2-panel”
  2. English todayinstant loss 2koma

Partial calque of Japanese 即堕ち2コマ (soku-ochi ni-koma, “instant fall 2-panel”).

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