“Kino”, from the Greek “kine”(to move), is Internet slang for a motion picture. In particular, it is used to denote works with special artistic merit. The word is also used to describe events and art bearing a cinematic quality either in concept or execution.
4chan may be an anime website but not everything there derives from anime. In this case, kino- has been an prefix referring to movies since before 4chan, and probably anime, even existed.
21 Comments
halvar@lemm.ee · 76 pts · 2y
I might be missing some context here.
Bearigator@ttrpg.network · 34 pts · 2y
Do you not have a kinoplex?
halvar@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 2y
It seems so
massacre@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 2y
WTF did I just read?
brewbellyblueberry@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
I absolutely read this in Elijah Wood's voice telling about any normal day he has and that's what I'm sticking with.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 2y
What the fuck is kino
Knusper@feddit.de · 26 pts · 2y
It's German for "cinema". No idea, if that's the context, though.
Dettweiler42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure it's the right context, because it fits. Odd story, but it fits
alt@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 2y
“Kino”, from the Greek “kine”(to move), is Internet slang for a motion picture. In particular, it is used to denote works with special artistic merit. The word is also used to describe events and art bearing a cinematic quality either in concept or execution.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Internet slang is a lot like German.
EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Stupid and will get you weird looks at the function
Klear@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
And popular with the Nazis.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Is that what 4channers mean when they call anything else kino? I shouldn't have asked this in a thread about a fake movie theater
alt@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
Yeah, it basically means “thing that is novel/bold/stylish enough to not look out of place in an art film”.
girltwink@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
alt@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
4chan may be an anime website but not everything there derives from anime. In this case, kino- has been an prefix referring to movies since before 4chan, and probably anime, even existed.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
On 4chan it's slang for "awesome"
Primarily0617@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
eating -> dining
cinema -> kino
girltwink@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah except kino isn’t golden in Japanese
erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
I don't know what based means and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 2y
What a whimsical tale
DarkDiamondK@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I read all of this, but I feel like I didn't. What did you do to me?