Also it's a backronym from the similar Japanese term which refers to a growing number of people there who have abandoned society and hole themselves up in their room literally never going outside.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wictionary says it went the other way from NEET to ニート(nīto): https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

You're probably thinking of 引きこもり(hikikomori): https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BC%95%E3%81%8D%E3%81%93%E3%82%82%E3%82%8A#Japanese

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I always found "hikikomori" very amusing, because if it was slightly different, and written "hikikomero", it would literally mean "sweat closet" in Finnish (hiki = sweat, komero =closet) , which is a very apt concept for how lots of hikikomori live.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like another name for a sauna to me 😅

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That is true as well.

But having like a few pc's and a microgrow going in a small dark room isn't too far from a sauna