ダサい
Dasaii
ださいい
Covers anything unfashionable, lame, or cringeworthy — clothes, behavior, ideas, you name it. The etymology is debated, but one popular theory traces it to 'dasha,' a contraction of 'inaka' (countryside), implying rural unsophistication. In use since the 1970s and still going strong in everyday conversation. Beyond fashion, it can target someone's character: 'ダサいことするな' means 'don't do something so uncool,' implying a lack of integrity or backbone.
Examples
いまだにあれ着ているのは結構ダサいよね
Still wearing that? That's kinda lame, don't you think?
Talking to a third person about a friend's fashion
言い訳ばっかりするのはダサいよ
Making excuses all the time is so lame, dude.
Giving blunt advice to a friend
ダサいって言われて傷ついた
Being called ダサい really hurt.
一周回ってダサいのが逆にかっこいい時あるよね
Sometimes things that are so lame they loop back around to being cool, you know?