飯テロ

• 読み: めしテロ
• ローマ字: meshi tero
• 漢字の分解: 飯 (meal/rice) + テロ (terrorism, from English 'terror') → food terrorism
• 発音: /me.ɕi te.ɾo/

意味

Posting mouthwatering food photos on social media at night or other inconvenient times to torment hungry viewers.

A playful term combining 飯 (meal) and テロ (terrorism) to describe the act of sharing irresistible food photos — especially late at night — that make viewers desperately hungry. It's used with humorous exaggeration, treating delicious food posts as a form of 'attack' on anyone trying to diet or go to sleep without eating.

例文

1. 深夜にこんな写真あげるなんて飯テロすぎるでしょ。
2. 友達の飯テロで我慢できなくてコンビニ行っちゃった。
3. ダイエット中なのにタイムラインが飯テロだらけでつらい。

使い方ガイド

場面: social media, friends, online

トーン: humorous, playful

正しい言い方

• こんな時間に飯テロやめてよ！ (Stop with the food terrorism at this hour!)
• 飯テロされてラーメン食べに行っちゃった。 (Got food-terrorized and ended up going out for ramen.)

避ける言い方

• テロという言葉が不適切な場面では使わない (Avoid in contexts where the word 'terrorism' would be insensitive or taken literally)

よくある間違い

• Taking the term too seriously — it is always used humorously and never implies actual malice

起源と歴史

Emerged on Japanese Twitter/2ch in the early 2010s. Combines 飯 (meal) with テロ (terrorism, from English) in a humorous way to describe food posts that 'attack' hungry viewers.

文化的背景

時代: Early 2010s, popularized on Twitter and 2ch

世代: Millennials and Gen Z

社会的背景: Universal among social media users

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Especially prevalent on late-night Twitter/X and Instagram.