page 40 of Peter Constantine's Japanese Street Slang:

"...created Anglo-German concoctions like 'bakku-shen' (from Back+Schoen),
originally meaning "nice ass" but later "attractive from behind, but what a
shock when you see the front..."

mark




"Daihard" <daihardM3@yahoo_NOSPAM_.com> wrote in message
news:Ux1Ia.16491$Nf.39555@sea-read.news.verio.net...
> "Kernel Sandas" <kernelsandas@yahoo.co.uk> wrote...
> > You are walking down the street and see a girl with a perfect body
> > and beautiful hair just ahead of you. You think she must be very
> > good looking and want to see her face. You think about hurrying on
> > ahead and sneaking a look back, or somehow making her turn round so
> > you can see her face. Anyway, somehow you manage to get a look at
> > her face and it turns out to be very plain or downright ugly.
> >
> > Someone once told me there was a word in Japanese for this situation.
> > If anyone knows the word or an english equivalent, please let me know.
>
> It's "back shan."  The word "shan" came from the German "schoen" ('oe' is
> really an 'o' with umlaut), which means "beautiful." It's actually a
fairly
> old term.  I'm not sure they use it anymore.
>
> Dai
>
>



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