Does the word "chuunibyou" originate from the anime "Chuunibyou"?


I was reading _Black Lagoon_ and realized that Lotton is a bit like a
chuunibyou. He called himself "The Wizard" and he always wanted to make a cool
entrance before a fight but usually got his ass kicked quickly. In my opinion,
he's a chuuninbyou. But no one ever mention that he's chuunibyou.

(Or probably he's not chuunibyou after all, but keep that for another
question.)

Being the earlier anime ( _Black Lagoon_ was aired in 2006 while _Chuunibyou
demo Koi ga Shitai!_ was aired in 2012) it got me thinking about whether the
word "chuunibyou" actually originated from this anime. Or probably it was not
just as popular as now.




No, the word "chuunibyou" was not coined by the anime _Chuunibyou demo Koi ga
Shitai!_ (nor by _Black Lagoon_ ). The term is attested back to 1999. (For
further reading, the [TVTropes
article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Chuunibyou) linked in [Aki
Tanaka's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/44044/is-the-word-
chuunibyou-originated-from-the-anime-chuuni#comment58985_44044) seems good.)

[Data from Google
Trends](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%8C%E7%97%85,%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%8C%E7%97%85%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E6%81%8B%E3%81%8C%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84)
seem to indicate that searches for this word were low but slowly rising until
October 2012, when searches spiked (because that's when _Chuunibyou demo Koi
ga Shitai!_ premiered). Search volume for "chuunibyou" has since fallen off,
but is somewhat higher than it was just before October 2012, even after you
subtract out searches specifically for _Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!_. My
point here is that in 2006 (unlike now), the word "chuunibyou" had very
limited purchase and it is hence unsurprising that it would not be used in
_Black Lagoon_.




No, the word "chuunibyou" was not coined by the anime _Chuunibyou demo Koi ga
Shitai!_ (nor by _Black Lagoon_ ). The term is attested back to 1999. (For
further reading, the [TVTropes
article](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Chuunibyou) linked in [Aki
Tanaka's comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/44044/is-the-word-
chuunibyou-originated-from-the-anime-chuuni#comment58985_44044) seems good.)

[Data from Google
Trends](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%8C%E7%97%85,%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%8C%E7%97%85%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E6%81%8B%E3%81%8C%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84)
seem to indicate that searches for this word were low but slowly rising until
October 2012, when searches spiked (because that's when _Chuunibyou demo Koi
ga Shitai!_ premiered). Search volume for "chuunibyou" has since fallen off,
but is somewhat higher than it was just before October 2012, even after you
subtract out searches specifically for _Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!_. My
point here is that in 2006 (unlike now), the word "chuunibyou" had very
limited purchase and it is hence unsurprising that it would not be used in
_Black Lagoon_.

