It's true, YAOI actually stands for something...

runicclover runicclover 2017-03-31 20:17:19 About apparently yaoi is an acronym
According to YAOI started out as an insult for doujinshi writers, making fun of their inexperience and low quality work:

YA = yama nashi = no climax
O = occhi nashi = no point/resolution
I = imi nashi = no meaning.

However, a doujinshi circle ironically adopted the name, and it stuck. Today, YAOI has a new meaning that references its association with overtly sexual m/m work:

YA = yamete = Stop
O = oshiri = My butt
I - itai = hurts

Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yaoi

So yeah that's a thing.

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tawin December 29, 2020 5:11 am

I- STOP MY BUTT HURTS OK THEN

Dylan_D21 August 11, 2020 3:47 am

YAOI MEANS STOP MY BUTT HURTS AHAHAHHA I FEEL SO ENLIGHTED

A person (⁎) June 30, 2020 11:22 pm

Wow. I. Am. Enlightened.. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

Lazy_ ass_bitch December 20, 2019 7:50 pm

The ya o i part got me dead

fun size adult dumpling May 12, 2018 9:11 am

gotta learn something new everyday

NicholasBrinch February 15, 2018 10:37 pm

My life is complete now that i have this knowledge. (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜

Complication45 June 14, 2017 4:25 am

I found out thanks to Joey (theamineman) lol about the actual meaning but the new meaning is news to me & I could not be prouder that my fellow fujoshi(s) are so clever & creative!!! <3 (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

likalaruku May 28, 2017 6:44 am

Yeah, I learned about that on Aestheticism.net about 15+ years ago. They called it "No peak, no point, no meaning." & it referred to porn doujinshis that had no story, whereas the term is now all-encompassing. Around that time, I noticed that googling in Japanese for Shounen Ai only yielded results for manga from the 70s while BL got you exactly what you were looking for; shipping webrings. I miss webrings....

lenalena April 18, 2017 1:36 pm

Now they call it BL. Since BL doesn't immediately make people think PWP.

likalaruku June 14, 2017 4:55 am

BL is the new term for shounen ai, not yaoi.

lenalena June 15, 2017 12:11 pm
BL is the new term for shounen ai, not yaoi. likalaruku

No, in Japan, it's all called BL. (Also in South Korea and China)

likalaruku June 16, 2017 2:46 am
No, in Japan, it's all called BL. (Also in South Korea and China) lenalena

Primarily the distinctions were kept here to identify whether or not a series has sex in it or not. Japanese sites like Pixiv will just make the destinction by BL vs BL18. Every time the west gets used to a term, Japan replaces it with something else. I still remember forum arguments on BL vs Shounenai. In the end, it probably would be best to call it BL18 & just have yaoi refer to smut series & doujinshis.

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