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# 日本語

> これからEKって呼びますねっ！！((ネーミングセンスとは

ネットでこれを言われたんですけど、後半のインターネットスラングの意味はよくわからないです。「((」は大丈夫ですが、「とは」というのはどういう意味ですか？書き手の心情は一体何なんですか？自分がネーミングセンスないってこと？それとも僕がネーミングセンスないって？

# English

> これからEKって呼びますねっ！！((ネーミングセンスとは

Someone said this to me. I understand "((" is probably a punched face. But I
don't quite get the 「とは」. My understanding is 「とは」at the end of the sentence
can mean one of two things: short for 「とは何だ？」"What's the meaning of..." or
short for 「とは思わなかった」.
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meaning internet-slang
「((ネーミングセンスとは」とは？
This とは is a phrase used to present the definition (or important
characteristics) of something (see [Use of とは when there doesn't seem to be
comparison](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/38576/5010)). [Another type
of とは for surprise](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/77982/5010) is not
related to this sentence.

As net slang for ツッコミ, `X + とは` is said when some word or phrase is used in a
strange and funny manner. It roughly means "Now I'm starting to wonder what X
means...", "Is that what X is supposed to mean?", "What kind of X is it?", "Is
that what you call X?", etc.

For example,

  * A「上手にパンケーキができました！」(with a photo of a blackened pancake)  
B「パンケーキ #とは」

  * A「100時間勉強するだけで受かるので、とても簡単な試験でした！」  
B「"とても簡単"とは」

In your example, wasn't the word ネーミングセンス used proudly before this sentence?
If not, that part probably means "Now I'm starting to doubt my sense for
naming things" or maybe simply "What a sense of naming!". Basically they're
saying they know EK is not a very nice nickname but could not think of a
better one.
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