What is the etymology of the word しょーむない?


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From my understanding, しょーむない means something along the lines of くだらない and
つまらない. Where does it originate from and is it specific to a certain dialect?




There's a couple of similar expressions with overlapping meanings here, so
I'll elaborate on @sawa's answer to add some color.

しょーむない is probably a cute slangy way to say しょうもない, which is a common
contraction of しようもない, which means "silly" or "useless". This is mainly used
in western dialects, and the standard would be しようがない (often contracted to
しょうがない) or くだらない.

しようがない, however, also has the meaning "there's nothing we (you, I etc) can do
about it", similar to しかたがない. In western dialects, this might be expressed as
しゃーない, and I'm actually not sure which one of the above this is a contraction
of.

There is also an expression どうしようもない (どうしようもない) which does _not_ have a
particularly dialectal feel to it, and can mean both "silly"/"useless" or
"there's nothing we can do about it".

Finally, there is no どうしようがない, since the どう requires the も, but どうにもしようがない is
common as well.




There's a couple of similar expressions with overlapping meanings here, so
I'll elaborate on @sawa's answer to add some color.

しょーむない is probably a cute slangy way to say しょうもない, which is a common
contraction of しようもない, which means "silly" or "useless". This is mainly used
in western dialects, and the standard would be しようがない (often contracted to
しょうがない) or くだらない.

しようがない, however, also has the meaning "there's nothing we (you, I etc) can do
about it", similar to しかたがない. In western dialects, this might be expressed as
しゃーない, and I'm actually not sure which one of the above this is a contraction
of.

There is also an expression どうしようもない (どうしようもない) which does _not_ have a
particularly dialectal feel to it, and can mean both "silly"/"useless" or
"there's nothing we can do about it".

Finally, there is no どうしようがない, since the どう requires the も, but どうにもしようがない is
common as well.

