CC爆撃

• 読み: シーシーばくげき
• ローマ字: shīshī bakugeki
• 漢字の分解: CC (carbon copy) + 爆 (bomb/explode) + 撃 (strike/attack) → email CC bombardment
• 発音: /ɕi.i.ɕi.i ba.ku.ɡe.ki/

意味

CC-bombing — the practice of adding excessive numbers of people to the CC field of emails, flooding inboxes unnecessarily.

A universally hated workplace behavior where someone includes too many recipients on email CC lines, often to cover themselves, show they're working, or simply out of habit. In Japanese corporate culture, where email chains can be elaborate and hierarchical, CC爆撃 is particularly problematic. Workers complain about drowning in irrelevant emails, and the term captures the annoyance of having your inbox 'bombed' with messages that don't require your attention.

例文

1. また部長がCC爆撃してきた、関係ないメール読むの疲れる。
2. CC爆撃する人って、自分の身を守りたいだけだよね。
3. CC爆撃やめてほしい、本当に大事なメールが埋もれるから。

使い方ガイド

場面: workplace complaints, friends, social media

トーン: frustrated, humorous

正しい言い方

• CC爆撃やめてくれないかな、メール処理だけで1時間かかるんだけど。 (I wish they'd stop CC-bombing me — it takes an hour just to process emails.)
• CC爆撃する人に限って、自分宛のメールは読まないんだよね。 (People who CC-bomb everyone are always the ones who don't read their own emails.)

避ける言い方

• 上司に直接「CC爆撃やめてください」は角が立つ (Directly telling your boss to 'stop CC-bombing' would cause friction)

よくある間違い

• Thinking CC爆撃 is specific to Japan — it happens everywhere, but the term is Japanese workplace slang
• Not recognizing that some CC'ing is culturally expected in Japan for transparency and accountability

起源と歴史

Combination of CC (carbon copy from email) + 爆撃 (bombing/bombardment). A humorous military metaphor for the overwhelming volume of unnecessary CC'd emails common in Japanese office culture.

文化的背景

時代: 2010s, coined as email culture matured and complaints about email overload grew

世代: All working-age adults who use email

社会的背景: Office workers across industries

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Reflects broader frustration with Japan's often email-heavy corporate communication style.