loli
- noun
- /ˈloʊli/
- Offensive
- Many anime fans enjoy stories that feature a loli character with cute, childlike features.
Examples
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In the new series, the protagonist is a loli who embarks on adventures in a fantasy world.
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More so than a loli's... hell, I'm supposed to be finished with those jokes.
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And OP responds and goes, yeah, loli love when people make fan fictions.
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The artist created a beautiful illustration of a loli girl playing in a flower garden.
Synonyms
A young girl who appears in Japanese stories and media
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loli is short for a Japanese slang form of Lolita, taken from the novel 'Lolita', and it came to mean a young or young-looking girl character in anime and manga. So loli is used to talk about fictional characters with childlike looks.