obatarian

the pejorative obatarian is a pun between the j-panese word “obasan” (or old lady) and the english word “battalion”.

the implication is that she is as polite and patient as a battalion of soldiers. also, to a j-panese the term sounds like the name of an anime superhero, whose energy the old hag possesses.

the previous definition was obviously written by someone whose knowledge of j-panese is limited to the word sushi. it’s entirely wrong. and it’s not true all j-panese words begin with a wovel. how about sushi?
true obatarians always enter a train running as fast as they can, trying to catch a free seat before the others.
(obsolete) j-panese children’s slang circa 1990 for a pushy, rude, bad-tempered old (or middle-aged) woman.

from “oba” – grandmother, and “-tarian” – sounding like the kind of name an anime would give to a g-dzilla-like creature.
kyaa, hidoi obatarian jann!
some foul-looking obatarian shoved me off the train.
generally believed to be a portmanteau of “oba”, j-panese for middle-aged woman, and “batarian”, from “battalion”, the j-panese t-tle for the film “return of the living dead”. j-panese obatarian behave in a manner not unlike flesh-eating zombies. the obatarian is selfish and unwilling to abide by or is oblivious of socially acceptable behavior. a typical obatarian is short, stout, wears a perm, and is dressed unfashionably (house slippers optional); she will elbow her way through crowds, refuses to wait in line, run for empty bus/train seats, is loud and loves sales. some academics believe that the propensity for young j-panese women to transform into obatarian is the cause of j-pan’s declining birth rate.
a 66-year-old obatarian was arrested for -ssaulting a high school student who was occupying a priority seat on the bus.
j-panese idiom taken from the american movie “battalion” (all j-panese words start with a vowel = “o”, then sound out battalion without the l’s); term used for little old ladies that use their elbows to work their way through a crowded place.
at the fish market, the obatarians relentlessly push their way through the crowd to the front of the line.