What is the meaning and root of 意味くじピーマン?


Recently a friend of mine threw the term 意味くじピーマン (imi kuji pi-man) into a
story she was telling, and it totally threw me off. At first I thought,
because I wasn't sure how to parse the くじ part, it meant something like
"meaningful peppers."

Then a friend said it meant "no meaning at all", but that definition seemed to
be a little mundane given how colourful the expression is. Surely it has more
nuance?

I looked it up, but wasn't able to find a straight forward definition. And
even if it does mean "no meaning at all", how do you get that from:

[code]

    意味 = いみ, meaning
    くじく = crush or break
    ピーマン = pepper
    
[/code]

...?




I was waiting for your reply to my comment before giving an answer. (the one
accepted is partly correct and missing some important background)

意味くじピーマン is used as well as イミクジ解からん in Okinawa The former probably more often
used by girls and kids and the latter by young men.

You assumed くじ comes from くじく but this is not correct. （イミ）クジ is an
abbreviation for ブンクジ as in 文・故事 (ぶん・こじ)

ピーマン is just a fun word added by 小学生 You would also see イミクジがムサットゥ (Uchina-
version of I don't understand)

All of these, you already know, mean: I don't get it、意味わからない

_All these years in Okinawa finally are paying off! :p_




I was waiting for your reply to my comment before giving an answer. (the one
accepted is partly correct and missing some important background)

意味くじピーマン is used as well as イミクジ解からん in Okinawa The former probably more often
used by girls and kids and the latter by young men.

You assumed くじ comes from くじく but this is not correct. （イミ）クジ is an
abbreviation for ブンクジ as in 文・故事 (ぶん・こじ)

ピーマン is just a fun word added by 小学生 You would also see イミクジがムサットゥ (Uchina-
version of I don't understand)

All of these, you already know, mean: I don't get it、意味わからない

_All these years in Okinawa finally are paying off! :p_

