Commit Sudoku

Commit Sudoku

Part of a series on Engrish. [View Related Entries]

Updated Sep 10, 2019 at 06:55AM EDT by Y F.

Added Mar 06, 2014 at 08:31AM EST by MScratch.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

About

"Commit Sudoku" is an expression intentionally confusing the Japanese word "seppuku" for suicide by disembowelment with the Sudoku puzzle game. It is often associated with the engrish catchphrase "shamefur dispray".

Origin

On September 7th, 2006, the earliest known usage of the term "commit sudoku" was featured in a YTMND page titled "DISTURBING! Japanese Girl Committing Sudoku", highlighting a photograph of a woman solving a Sudoku puzzle (shown below).


all Temporicide

Seppuku vs. Sudoku

Seppuku[1] ("stomach-cutting" in Japanese), is a ritual suicide practiced by the Japanese samurais in which a blade is plunged into the stomach to perform a ceremonial disembowelment. It was used as a method for the samurai to die an honorable death or as a type of capital punishment for the disgraced. Sudoku is a number placement puzzle popularized by a Japanese puzzle company Nikoli,[2] in which the player populates different sized square grids with single digits.

Spread

On October 31st, 2006, a YTMND page titled "I order you to commit Sudoku" was submitted[3], which included a photoshopped picture of a ceremonial disembowelment (shown below).


ill not bend SUDOKU

On July 8th, 2007, the women's interest blog Big Girl Underoos[7] posted an overheard conversation in which the word "Sudoku" was confused with "seppuku." On February 12th, 2008, Democratic Underground Forums[8] member Richardo submitted a thread titled "You want me to commit Sudoku?" On December 2nd, 2010, DeviantArtist[9] Karoyence uploaded a comic titled "Committing Sudoku," in which a man corrects his friend's confusion of the words "Sudoku and "seppuku" (shown below).


Gonna have You mea my character Commit Srcide 2 omming Sudok is like Saying you are yaAa Commt chess by putringa gu1fo your head and のの

In March 13th, 2012, an Urban Dictionary[5] user Synchronous Failure submitted an entry for the word "Sudoku" referencing the replacement for "seppuku" on 4chan.

"On online message boards, particularly 4chan's /v/, people mix the word for Japanese ritual suicide, 'seppuku,' with 'sudoku.' The typo has since spread and became adopted in a similar fashion to "pwn" in regards to 'own.'"

On February 6th, 2013, artist Andrew Gregoire posted a comic depicting a samurai carving a Sudoku puzzle on his chest to the website I AM ARG![6] (shown below).


SUDOKU GAH! I'VE BROUGHT SHAME AND DISHONOR TO THIS WORDJUMBLE YOU MEAN SEPPUKU COMMIT SUDOKU WWW.IAMARG.COM ANDREW OREGOIRE 2013

Notable Examples


UDOKU! SHAMEFUR 8 4 6 5 5 9 378 7 樂 48213 52 9J DISPRA I have brought dishonor upon the crossword puzzle. 518 As penance, I shall commiT Sudoku Bagel Soup
i guess it's time. .. i need to do it so ronery no friends no job bring shame to faniry godbye famiry godbye wordu i gibe u shamu no more. . - 8 4 1 6 7 4 216 5 7 8 war wap Me to Commi

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Seppuku

[2] The Guardian – So you thought Sudoku came from the Land of the Rising Sun…

[3] YTMND – I order you to commit Sudoku

[4] YTMND – DISTURBING! Japanese Girl Committing Sudoku

[5] Urban Dictionary – Sudoku

[6] I AM ARG! – Sudoku

[7] Big Girl Underoos – Tomato Tomahto

[8] Democratic Underground – You want me to commit sudoku?

[9] DeviantArt – Committing Sudoku

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 20 total



+ Add a Comment

Comments (28)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Greetings! You must login or signup first!