PuniUwUCute's definitions

kawaii sign

or kawaii signature. A Japanese term for signatures with cute elements on them, usually having complex analogies of letters and shapes (usually animals). Popular in VTubers (mostly Japanese-only) and Kpop communities, both fans and the music band members

Used colloquially in Japan (they use hanko in formal context), but sometimes used as formal signatures outside Japan

There are some or a few people who makes kawaii sign commissions if you search for "kawaii sign" in Katakana letters and they all, the examples, looks catchy. I discovered it from a random VTuber/streamer in my Twitter recommended accounts and she did retweeted or tweet about who made her kawaii sign

by PuniUwUCute April 29, 2023

Korean blur

Zero tolerance brand censorship policy on South Korean media. Not even stores without names or with generic names can escape from this policy, as long as they have at least one board with text on it, though, the clerk or the owner or the employee will not be blurred if they're in the topic or in question. Any passerby stores/vendors, without or with names/brands, ads, and items with names/brands are blurred. They will even blur the entire background if the background is full of stores/vendors and/or ads and/or brands, like background blur in video conferences/meetings. An exception is when the topic takes place outside South Korea and will only blur what they visit or news footage with a reporter/journalist on the field, otherwise, the background or a specific street side is blurred if the footages are not from the media

Can someone explain about Korean blur phenomenon? Looks like South Korea has a societal problem that not even Japan have, although they have similar problems. Searching for this particular thing would only get about censorship in general, which is not specific to South Korea (with the exception of some crime-themed documentaries like Natgeo Airport Security, in which all passerby airplanes logo and even obscure brands or local business brands are blurred, possibly done as litigation due to strongly negative topics and possibly causes a bad reputation to passerby brands)

by PuniUwUCute April 29, 2023

Maxicorn

An Indonesian brand of tortilla chips, made as the replacement for Doritos due to Fritolay leaving Indonesia because the partnership with Indofood had expired. Uses the same recipe as Doritos

"Basically, Maxicorn has the same great taste as Doritos, but with a different package and branding"

by PuniUwUCute April 26, 2023

neglected gem

When there's an obvious hidden gem shows up in front of a content creator, often off-topic, they neglected it, act like nothing happened, and never reviews about it. They may hide, delete, or ignore your comment if you ask for it

When something is so interesting but nobody reviews about that, not even someone with a good attention to details knows or wants to review about it

"I'd seen Dancing Bacon bought an ice cream or something on a vending machine in Taiwan (video uploaded around 2020) and there was a Sumikko Gurashi machine (may contain gacha eggs or random toys) next to the machine they used and it looks so catchy, but sadly, they won't try that machine, although their topic is mostly about foods, sometimes inside vending machines, and rarely about household gadgets. Such a neglected gem and nobody have uploaded a video about it, and there's no search results for that thing"

"Sega produces toy laptops that none like other toy laptops, which are lame and just like toy phones that only makes sounds and having a mock-up screen. Available in Sumikko Gurashi (San-X license) and Dinosaur version. Their toy laptops runs an OS that boot fast like old gaming consoles, capable of using keyboard and mouse, and has tens of games. Unfortunately, these are neglected gems since no tech reviewers have reviewed these laptops and analyze the components. I cannot express my amazement fully since most or all the videos about it are comments disabled"

by PuniUwUCute April 24, 2023

privacy finger

When someone shows something with sensitive info to show, they suddenly gain an ability to extend their finger to cover it

"His index finger becomes longer than it should be when he shows his credit card. It's a privacy finger"

by PuniUwUCute April 24, 2023

desperate promo

A promo on a verge of bankruptcy or a big loss or closing, often obscure brands/restaurants/places/businesses. Used as one of the last strategies as a desperation for profit

Has a high change to be permanently closed if you paused your visit for too long at an unspecified period, or the branches are already permanently closed in some places

"I got a discount voucher from my favourite payment app loyalty for a little obscure restaurant and when I visited, unfortunately the branch I visited was permanently closed and a new tenant replaced them. It was a desperate promo"

"I saw a promo for an obscure buffet / all you can eat restaurant on my digital bank app and when I searched the branch in my uni city, it's already closed forever a long time ago. I'm sure that this is a desperate promo"

by PuniUwUCute March 31, 2023

Rerenggan

Pronounced "rërënggan"/"르릉간"/"reureunggan" (ë is schwa)

Basically a Javanese decorative text bracket for titles. There are variations of this bracket, it can be anything including eagles, but the peacock tail one being the most popular and the default style for most Javanese fonts

Usually used for aesthetic letterings

If you search cute art on Pinterest, you may encounter some usernames with rerenggan, which looks like this:

꧁ name ꧂

Basically on most, if not all, cute communities

by PuniUwUCute March 27, 2023