tues., 3 sept., 2013: japanese slackerdom, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

     

JAPANESE:  わんぱたーん / ワンパターン  —  wanpatān   §

   §  )  Lit., “one pattern”  =  boring,  humdrum,  stereotypical, predictable;  in a rut...  Etym.,  Eng. loan word,  one pattern

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