- Fujoshi
, a pun on a homophonous word meaning "fine lady", and nihongo|"ochōfujin"|汚超腐人, which sounds similar to a phrase meaning "
Madame Butterfly ", possibly taken from a character nicknamed nihongo|"Ochōfujin"|お蝶夫人 in the 1972 manga series nihongo|"Ace o Nerae! "|エースをねらえ!|Ēsu o Nerae!|lit. "Aim for the Ace!" by Sumika Yamamoto.Or|date=September 2007 These labels were coined in the same self-deprecating spirit as "fujoshi",Fact|date=September 2007 but as "fujoshi" is better known, it is often used to refer to femaleotaku as a group. This usage is growing in popularity with the Japanese media as well as people who would not consider themselves otaku.Fact|date=September 2007A common English term describing this kind of female is '
yaoi fangirl', used mainly amongst anime and manga fans.Fujoshi have been characters in manga aimed at female otaku, [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-23/female-otaku-themed-books] and one
butler cafe has opened with a schoolboy theme in order to appeal to the Boy's Love aesthetic. [http://in.news.yahoo.com/reuters_ids_new/20080229/r_t_rtrs_od/tod-boy-cafes-sexy-comics-feed-japan-s-g-5348952.html]References
External links
* [http://fujyoshi.jp/ fujyoshi.jp] - Includes a glossary of fujoshi-specific terminology.
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