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KissAnime and chill
or Kissanime and chill [kis-an-uh-mey n chil]
What does KissAnime and chill听mean?
Want to Netflix and chill听but watch anime instead and, you know, do other stuff? No, we’re not asking you. We’re just explaining what it means to KissAnime and chill.
Kissanime and chill is an internet slang expression for relaxing while streaming anime videos on the popular website KissAnime.ac.听Like Netflix and chill, it implies sexual activity.
Related words:
- anime freak
- Crunchyroll and chill
- otaku
- Putlocker and chill
- weeaboo
Where does KissAnime and chill come from?
Kissanime and chill听is a take on听Netflix and chill, which appeared on Twitter in 2009 for relaxing while watching the streaming service Netflix. By 2014, Netflix and chill had become听a clever suggestion for hooking up with a romantic interest. You know, you’re watching a movie, it’s dark, you’re sharing a blanket, and then one things leads to another …
KissAnime and chill appeared on Twitter in 2015, with KissAnime referring to the anime streaming website, www.kissanime.ac.听Launched in 2012, KissAnime is a massively popular source of free鈥攖hough legally questionable鈥�high-quality, Japanese anime听videos dubbed in English.听
One of the earliest Twitter examples knowingly plays off Netflix and chill:
kissanime and chill totally beats Netflix and chill
鈥� Michael (@Woomynator)
The expression was also a vehicle for witty observations:
you can’t kissanime and chill bc that doesn’t work you can’t read the subtitles when you’re doing that
鈥� alexander (@REALFRNDS)
Kissanime and chill also听prompted its own spinoff, “Crunchyroll and chill,” with Crunchyroll referring to rival anime-streaming site, www.crunchyroll.com.
Examples of KissAnime and chill
Who uses KissAnime and chill?
On Twitter, KissAnime and chill reached its prime in 2015鈥�16 and was most widespread on Twitter. It can be used as a noun for the activity (e.g., It’s a good night for a KissAnime and Chill)听or a verb (e.g.,听Let’s KissAnime and chill).
Many uses simply explain听KissAnime听as a riff on听Netflix and chill.
Others, given how quickly memes can rise and fall online, expressed their annoyance with the expression …
Cut That Kissanime And Chill It’s 馃毊
鈥� trunks (@ky2ty)
Some instances of KissAnime听and chill听involve a meme of an anime character鈥檚 face used as a reaction because memes.
When bae says its just kissanime and chill then after 5 minutes he gives you this look
鈥� Gintama confessions (@confessgintama)
Another version plays off Pregnancy Announcement,听a popular Japanese meme of an anime character holding a pregnancy stick with a positive result, implying someone’s KissAnime and chill听was very, er, fruitful.
On the social-media site Amino App in 2017, for instance, one user captioned the meme image “When I Kissanime and chill”:
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