日本メディア英語学会第156回新語・語法研究分科会の新語フォーラムでの報告(2022年4月9日)

2022年4月9日(土)、日本メディア英語学会の第156回新語・語法研究分科会が開催されました。

この日は午前中は入学式でしたが、オンラインで開催されたこの研究分科会に参加し、新語などを報告し合う新語フォーラムで以下の語について報告をしました。　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
griefer(s) (グリーファー), griefing (グリーフィング)
The world of gaming has a term for people who disrupt others just to annoy them: griefers. Several people I spoke to in the metaverse said griefers were a constant problem on its social platforms.
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Around 50, 000 people visit VRChat’s virtual clubs and spaces each day, according to a spokesman, “We have a dedicated team that focuses solely on user safety and security,” he added, and visitors can mute or block others to protect themselves from griefing. (Parmy Olson, “It’s awkward being a woman in the metaverse” (The Japan News, Dec. 18, 2021) (from Bloomberg Opinion, December 16, 2021 | 10:12 am)

この語については以下の記事を参照してください。
新語紹介 "griefer", "griefing" - 山内 圭のブログ(Kiyoshi Yamauchi's Blog)

crime tourist(s) (旅回り犯罪者、犯罪旅行者), crime tourism(旅回り犯罪、犯罪旅行)
The investigators didn’t know who the burglars were, but they had spent months painstakingly following a trail of digital breadcrumbs across the country to this nondescript motel off Interstate 395.
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Authorities call them “crime tourists.”
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Crime tourism has been around since at least the 1990s, but it has recently seen a major expansion. (The Japan News, January 18, 2022 )
(The Washington Post, January 11, 2022)
この語についてはこちらをどうぞ。
新語紹介：crime tourists (「犯罪旅行者」または「旅回り犯罪者」) / crime tourism(「犯罪旅行」または「旅回り犯罪」) - 山内 圭のブログ(Kiyoshi Yamauchi's Blog)

Nekonomics (ネコノミクス)
In 2022, the economic effect of “Nekonomics,” or cat economics, is expected to reach almost 2 trillion.
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Kansai University Professor Emeritus Katsuhiko Miyamoto pegged the Nekonomics economic effect of cats in 2022 at \1.97 trillion, estimating expenses related to keeping a cat, as well as related areas such as cat cafes, photo albums and travel to see cats.
("Kitty cat industry sees mega surge”, The Japan News, March 1, 2022)