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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese です (desu, “be”), the polite form of the Japanese copula, found most often at the end of a sentence. Know Your Meme attributes its spread to 4chan memes of the Rozen Maiden character Suiseiseki who ends every sentence with desu (see also キャラ語尾).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsuː/, /dɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛsuː, -ɛs

Particle

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desu

1. (slang, humorous, chiefly fandom slang) Used at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle. this desu ― this, tbh
   • 2002 March 20, Mahoronyan [username], “Re: I was wrong about Kokoro Library...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎[1] (Usenet):My contribution desu.
   • 2003 January 30, Ethan Hammond, “Re: Nuku Nuku DVD Impressions”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎[2] (Usenet):Freaky desu.
   • 2006 February 22, sanjian [username], “Re: FMA 47 - Sealing the Homunculus”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎[3] (Usenet):Awww, but it was just getting fun, desu.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:desu.

Anagrams

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• duse, Dues, dues, Udes, sued, used

Japanese

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Romanization

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desu

1. Rōmaji transcription of です

Latvian

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Noun

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desu f

1. inflection of desa:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

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