How does the derogatory term "小便芸者" work? In Liza Dalby's book "Geisha", while talking about onsen geisha, she mentions various pejorative terms from the general public. She mentions "korobi" (roll-over, presumably ) geisha, and "Daruma" (a doll that tumbles down, presumably ) geisha, both of which I understand the imagery of. But how does the term "shomben geisha" (, I assume) work? Dalby translates it as "toilet geisha", and jisho.org describes as a colloquial word for urine. I understand that it's a derogatory term, with the same ultimate meaning as the other two terms, but not the imagery involved. Is it because of the male anatomy used with ? (By the way, Dalby also notes that skilled artists exist in the onsen towns, sentiments that I'd echo)

I do not claim to know the origin of this particular term []{} but I have reasons to doubt the male anatomy hypothesis.

In the most vulgar kind of Japanese, []{} is sometimes added to a noun like a prefix to express the speaker's hatred or strong disrespect of the object. The nuance it carries is much worse than "good for nothing". For this purpose, is pronounced **** rather than the dictionary reading **** .

Examples: []{}(Diet member)[]{}(actor)[]{}(nation) []{}(bar), etc.

Thus, I would tend to assume that the term came by this route.