ポチる
ぽちる
verb (godan)
to click to buy, to order online
1.
to click to buy, to order online
To make an online purchase by clicking the buy button. Coined from the onomatopoeia ポチ (the sound of pressing a button) plus the verb-forming suffix る.
つい、ポチっちゃった。
I couldn't help clicking buy.
深夜にポチるのは危険だ。
Ordering stuff online late at night is dangerous.
セールだったから、気がついたら三つもポチっていた。
It was on sale, and before I knew it I'd ordered three of them.
CONJUGATION (godan-ru):
- Negative: ポチらない
- Te-form: ポチって
- Past: ポチった
- Often used in the pattern ポチっちゃった (went and clicked buy, implying regret)
ETYMOLOGY:
From ポチッ (the mimetic sound of pressing a button) + る. This word spread through online shopping culture, especially Amazon Japan, where the one-click buy feature made impulse purchases easy.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ポチっちゃう: to go ahead and order (with nuance of impulse)
- ポチった商品: something you ordered online
- 思わずポチる: to buy on impulse