no johnsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Coined by Super Smash Bros. player Jesse "Zulu" Fuentes in 1999 in reference to his friend John, who would allegedly often make unconvincing excuses for losing a match.

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成句

no johns

1. (slang, video games, originally Super Smash Bros.) Do not make excuses (for losing a match).
   • 2019 September 16, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “How A High School Smash Bros. Joke Became A World-Famous Saying”, in Kotaku‎:

     “No Johns” is such a ubiquitous phrase in the Smash scene that it’s even inspired regional variations around the world. No Stacos. No Tiesos. No Joshis. Igna Yunas, in Swedish. It even made it into Smash itself: One of the “random” names that players can assign themselves in the Wii U and Switch versions of the fighting game is NOJOHNS.