ita-bag

noun

A handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).

OriginJapanese 痛バッグ ← English bag →
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Meanings

nounita-bag (plural ita-bags)

plural ita-bags · alternative ita bag · alternative itabag

  1. slanglifestyleA handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).

    Her purple heart-shaped ita bag is full too.

    2024, Briana Lawrence, In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure, unnumbered page
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    This must be the character plastered all over that ita-bag she has...

    2018, Rin Murakami, translated by Marco Godano, Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend, volume 1, unnumbered page

    I have a few ita bags for the fandoms I really like – mostly, my favorite musicians and their fandom pins.

    2023, Andrea Towers, Gamer Girls: Monster Village, unnumbered page

Origin

  1. Englishbag
  2. Japanese痛バッグ“painful bag”
  3. Englishita-bag

From Japanese 痛バッグ (ita baggu, “painful bag”), from 痛 (ita, “pain”) + バッグ (baggu, “bag”), itself from English bag.

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APA

ita-bag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ita-bag

MLA

“ita-bag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ita-bag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ita-bag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ita-bag.

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