Kuso is the term used in
East Asia for the
internet culture that generally includes all types of
camp and
parody. In
Japanese, means "crap" or "
shit" and "bullshit", and is often uttered as an interjection. It is also used to describe outrageous matters and objects of poor quality. This definition of kuso was brought into Taiwan around 2000 by young people who frequent Japanese websites and quickly became an
internet phenomenon, spreading to
Taiwan and
Hong Kong and subsequently to
China. In Chinese it is called "e'gao" (S: 恶搞, T: 惡搞, P:
ègǎo), with the first character meaning "evil" or "gross" and the second meaning "to make fun of [someone/something]." In 2007 the word was so new that it was not listed in Chinese dictionaries.