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In the last episode of _Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou_ , part "High School Boys
and Lies", Motoharu asks Yoshitake about different things to which Yoshitake
gives absurd replies (with the exception of the last one):

>   * What's "Twitter"?
>   * What's "KY"?
>   * What's "Tsundere"?
>   * What's "Doyagao"?
>   * What's "Agepoyo"?
>   * What's an "MMORPG"?
>

An example of the absurdity of the answers:

> **Motoharu:** What is Twitter?
>
> **Yoshitake:** It's Italian food.

I understand all of them except `Doyagao` and `Agepoyo`. Tried googling but
didn't get it. Can someone explain them simply?


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What's Agepoyo and Doyagao?


**Doya-gao (ドヤ顔)** is a slang term for the face made when showing off. Usually
they make the recipient irked, though sometimes it is considered cute
depending on the situation. It comes from the Kansai dialect version of "dou
da「どうだ」", which is "do ya「どや」", a phrase that translates to "How's that?" So,
the literal translation would be a "how's that face". A Google search provides
some nice
[examples](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%89%E3%83%A4%E9%A1%94&tbm=isch).

**Age-poyo (あげぽよ)** is a slang term used by gals (or kogals), a subculture set
of high school girls. The "age" part comes from "age-age (アゲアゲ)", another
slang term meaning "in high spirits" or "rockin'". Basically these terms are
used when you're liking something or things are getting exciting. The "poyo"
part is an auxiliary suffix that has no meaning. Apparently it was added
because it "sounded good". Note that native Japanese speakers have trouble
with understanding this, so I'm not sure if my explanation is 100% accurate.
Also, I do believe that the word is dying out since its peak in 2010.


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