テンションピープル

noun

tense race of people (i.e. the Japanese)

Rare, humorous wasei-eigo term referring to the Japanese as a tense or high-strung people. Originates from a pun on 天孫民族 (descendants of the sun goddess) and the English word 'tension'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from tension people

• 「テンションピープル」は、日本にほん人じんを緊きん張ちょうしやすい民みん族ぞくとして揶や揄ゆした造ぞう語ごだ。

  'Tension people' is a coined term that pokes fun at the Japanese as a race prone to tension.