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What does "Dendos" and "triff" mean?
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JonasS wrote:What does "Dendos" and "triff" mean?

I'll respond, if I may.

"Dendo" is Japanese for proselytizing, tracting, missionary work.

A "triffod" is missionary slang for a giggling young Japanese girl, usually found in groups and clad in cute little school uniforms (shown HERE in their natural habitat). They are very appealing, naturally, to randy young 'elders.' A related term, "triffod squisher," refers to a packed train or subway car, in which one ends up pressed against one or more of said young thangs.
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Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you; I was on vacation in California.

  • "Dendo": Short for the Japanese verb "dendo suru," which means "to proselyte." Used all the time by missionaries as a catch-all word to describe anything having to do with finding investigators.
  • "Triff": Missionary slang for a giggly Japanese girl who's boy-crazy for American missionaries.

I've included a glossary for every Japanese or missionary slang word I use. It's at: blog.php?u=4&b=1693

(For those of you wondering what JonasS and I are talking about, we're talking about my weblog, linked below.)
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"Triff": Missionary slang for a giggly Japanese girl who's boy-crazy for American missionaries.

Hmm. Perhaps this explains why my brother-in-law skipped out on his mission to Thailand and took off for Japan.
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Jack Meyers wrote:Hmm. Perhaps this explains why my brother-in-law skipped out on his mission to Thailand and took off for Japan.


That's strange; Americans seem to be just as popular in Thailand as they are in Japan, if not more so.
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Did you serve in Nagoya? I believe that's where my sister served as well.
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bcspace wrote:Did you serve in Nagoya? I believe that's where my sister served as well.

Shades and I both did, as well as Tarski. I was there from 75 to 77, under Sato and Tanaka.
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I was in Nagoya from 1990 to 1992, serving under presidents Smith and Ames.
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Dr. Shades wrote:That's strange; Americans seem to be just as popular in Thailand as they are in Japan, if not more so.

But are the girls there as cute?

My bro-in-law had been to Japan before his mission and I don't think he really wanted to go on a mission in the first place. He's always kind of been the black sheep/jack Mormon of his family.
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Dr. Shades wrote:I was in Nagoya from 1990 to 1992, serving under presidents Smith and Ames.


My son was there under Ames, landing in Japan in Jan of '92.
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