imikotoba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇯🇵<p>Today’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LostInTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostInTranslation</span></a>, Japanese term <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PinMic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinMic</span></a> for a portable wearable radio-linked microphone (apparently a trademarked product name gone vernacular in Japan).</p><p>British English: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LapelMic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LapelMic</span></a> from the clothing part you might clip it to, also known as a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LavalierMic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LavalierMic</span></a> which has more interesting etymology <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavalier_microphone" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavali</span><span class="invisible">er_microphone</span></a></p>