In Shinya Shokudou (Midnight Diner) S3EP06, and old mom meets with this old
guy, and they're talking at a diner in front of the old mom's daughter (who's
casual friends with the old guy). The old mom's being super gregarious and
flirty, and is like "I booked a hotel with a large bed, but it's so lonely
here". Then the old guy's like "俺はよ、塩っ気と色っ気には弱えんだよ".

[![english subs for the
line](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ORV9O.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ORV9O.png)

I understand everything about the sentence, except the 塩気｛しおけ｝ part. I know
the word means "salty" normally, but the subs go out of their way to say that,
in the context, it means "sass". However, when looking it up, I'm not sure I
can find anything of the sort. Can anyone corroborate this? At the very least,
in America, "salty" often implies one is angry/miffed in modern contexts (e.g.
a salty loser), or very seasoned/experienced in older contexts (e.g. a salty
seadog).
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meaning words expressions slang
塩気/塩っ気 (shiokke) = sass?
If the word [塩対応](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A1%A9%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C) (recent
slang) has clearly been mentioned in the context, someone might playfully
refer to it as 塩っ気. Otherwise, 塩気 on its own does not have any metaphorical
meaning, so he is probably just saying he likes salty foods. Of course, he
brought it up to rhyme with 色っ気.
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