papasan
The male manager of a massage parlor.
Definitions
Male counterpart to mamasan — the guy running a parlor or bar, handling money and muscle. Same Japanese honorific roots, same military-slang pipeline into English. Less common than mamasan because the trade skews to female front-of-house, but still standard when the boss is a man.
papasan In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Japanese 'papa-san' (パパさん), absorbed via US military slang from postwar Japan and Vietnam.
People Also Ask
What does papasan mean in this context?
It refers to the male manager of a massage parlor.
How do you use papasan in a sentence?
"You'd pay the papasan at the front before going in."
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