gainaxing

From Gainax + -ing, from the company's tendency to depict breasts in such a way.

gainaxing (plural gainaxings)(anime fandom slang)

1. (humorous) excessive shaking of animated breasts, often large. [since 1993]
   • 1996 October 2, Chia Jin Ngee, “VF3: Funny moments”, in rec.games.video.arcade‎^[1] (Usenet):

     There is no gainaxing seen in the game though.

   • 2007 May 2, TVTropes‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 May 2007:

     According to a Usenet post from 1993, one particular busty young woman from the Gainax anime Otaku no Video inspired a tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement for Gainaxing: one full bounce is apparently equal to one "Misty May". Ironically, it started as an attempt to animate more realistic movement of breasts before getting out of hand by the 1990s.

   • 2010 February 6, Jake Walker, Twitter‎^[3]:

     It wouldn't be Gainax with out some Gainaxing! #anime.

   • 2010 June 17, @sakyac, Twitter‎^[4]:

     豆知识，“乳摇”，尤其指两边摇动方向不同的乳摇，翻译成英文是“Gainaxing”。（所以说这些人造的什么孽哟

     Dòu zhīshì,“rǔ yáo”, yóuqí zhǐ liǎngbiān yáodòng fāngxiàng bùtóng de rǔ yáo, fānyì chéng yīngwén shì “Gainaxing”.(Suǒyǐ shuō zhèxiē rénzào de shénme niè yō

     Douban knowledge, "breast shaking", especially the shaking of breasts on both sides in different directions, is translated into English as "Gainaxing". (So what kind of evil are these people creating?

   • 2024 June 11, @thatdudecalled1, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Gainaxing should be a staple in any form of media. Games, movies, animation. It fills me with joy.

• jiggle physics