Etymology From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee.
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An emote, often used as a postscript, to indicate that the preceding statement is sarcastic or false.
Kappa
intj
Etymology From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee.
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Internet Used to indicate sarcasm in imitation of Kappa as used on Twitch.tv
kappa
noun
/ˈkæpə/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph.
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The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Business, Finance A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
It was not quite possible for a kappa to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.2013, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Kitsune-Mochi: Kitsune Tales #2, page 94: