KUSO takes on new meaning outside Japan

[torasan]

[Taro Toporific]

[Coligny]

This country would greatly benefit from the introduction of some languange guidance... where everyone could agree on the meaning of them words... and even write them all in a big book...

they could even call that big book a 'dictionnary' and say they came up with the concept by themselves and everybody should do like them and emulate the japanese greatedness...

[torasan]

I have tried using kuso with the various extended English meanings such as "cool shit" or "good shit" in Japanese conversations and Japanese would just look at me blankly (or correct my Japanese saying kuso is just "shit").
I'm all for this extended meaning of kuso... especially since I suspect that Chinese may not have a good word for kitsch/camp.

Glad to hear you've tried using KUSO in Japan and hope more people do use it, but if the main reax is a blank stare or worse a polite correction that the way you are using it is wrong, then there is more work to be done. Onward!

sone news here in USA: re KUSO

http://www.hollywoodstarshoney.com/entertainment-asia/kuso-world.html

[Takechanpoo]

[Iraira]

[plaid_knight]

[IparryU]