Etymology From the Japanese familiar suffix ちゃん (-chan).
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Morpheme Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.
Dr. Murdoch and Murdoch-chan form an alliance with a group they refer to as “happas” who are half-white and half-Asian, claiming that they pose no threat to each other, but both stand to lose if ZOG wins.2020 May 3, Julien Morein, “Murdoch Murdoch: A Case Study in Threats to Ontological Security in Far-Right Propaganda”, in Arcadia University, page 21, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2020:
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Etymology In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel.
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Internet, Morpheme Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan.