baka bomb
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft…The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of the Pacific War.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, slang)The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of the Pacific War.
Origin
From Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid; foolish”) + bomb. By surface analysis, baka (“stupid;From Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid; foolish”) + bomb. By surface analysis, baka (“stupid; silly”) + bomb, though it pre-dates the borrowing of baka as an independent term from Japanese (which is chiefly associated with Japanese popular culture), and therefore lacks any of the endearing connotations that are now typically associated with it.
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