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sukusho

Screenshot it.


What does sukusho mean?

Clipped from "screen shot", and used as both noun and verb. Proof, receipts, a train time, or a joke too good to retype.

Example

Send me a screenshot of that screen.

Vibe

Who you can say this to, and how it lands.

Safe to use Fine in ordinary conversation.

  • Casual
  • Internet

The story behind sukusho

スクショ is what Japanese does to any long loanword: chop it to four beats and carry on. パソコン, リモコン, スマホ and エアコン were all built by the same rule, and once the shape is set it becomes a verb too, so スクショする is perfectly ordinary speech.

Culturally it earns its keep. Japan runs on screenshots: train times captured before going underground, a map saved because the signal will drop, a friend's recommendation forwarded as an image rather than retyped. And then there is the harder use, the screenshot kept as evidence of what someone said before they deleted it, which is where the word starts leaning towards 晒す.

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