The term yaoi emerged in the late seventies and early 1980s in the context of dōjinshi (同人誌, self-released is effective) tradition as a portmanteau of yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi ("no climax, no point, no which means"), where it was made use of in a self-deprecating fashion to refer to newbie enthusiast operates that concentrated on sex to the exclusion of plot and character advancement, and that generally parodied mainstream manga.