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Originally Posted by wao
I'd like to know when it first started being used and so on though. I don't think it's a particularly anime-confined term either... I think.
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ネタ derived from タネ (tane/seed). You find often upside-down slangs in Japanese. Neta was originally used by suchi cooks during Edo era to suggest the material of sushi, then introduced to comedy actors as a word to point the kernel of their jokes.