<p>Looks like my guess was right - "LRIG" is "girl" spelled backwards, not an acronym/initialism. </p>

<p>This was stated by <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=28846" rel="nofollow">KawaseP</a> (a.k.a. Kouhei Kawase, one of the producers for <em>selector infected WIXOSS</em>) in <a href="http://akiba-souken.com/article/anime/19970/?page=2" rel="nofollow">an interview with Akiba-Souken</a> (Ctrl+F for <code>作品要素</code>).</p>

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  <p>──LRIGs are a distinctive part of the show, aren't they?</p>
  
  <p>The LRIG character designs were done by <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=75758" rel="nofollow">[Kyuta] Sakai</a>, but it was Tomo Yamaguchi, who is in charge of the card game at Takara Tomy, who came up with the name "LRIG". We had a different name for them at first, but at one of the scriptwriting meetings, we decided that we wanted to go with something a bit more off-the-beaten-path, and so we decided on "GIRL" spelled backwards: "LRIG" (pronounced "loo-rig"). Up to that point, we had been making up all sorts of convoluted words, so when the simple word "LRIG" was proposed, everybody agreed. </p>
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<p>Given the events of episode 8...</p>

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  <p> I guess we can see why the producers decided that "LRIG" was a good choice. Girls turn into LRIGs when their wishes are "fulfilled", and LRIGs likewise turn into (human) girls when that happens. Simple and effective. </p>
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senshin
<p>We know that Tama is Ruko's "LRIG" card, but is it ever explained what an LRIG actually stands for or what it means?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LesCn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LesCnl.jpg" alt="Tama"></a></p>

<p>I was looking at some translated card game rules also, and they never referred to these cards as anything other than LRIGs. Have I missed something early on, or have they neglected to explain the term?</p>

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This is just speculation and might be completely off-base, but I think they might have just taken "girl" and spelled it backwards. I looked for this a little while back and couldn't find anything that indicated that it's actually an acronym/initialism.
senshin
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Oh, I never even thought about that. It seems plausible alright
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@senshin looking into it a little more, this seems to be right. The LRIG cards 'reflect' or sometimes 'invert' the potential Eternal Girls, like how both Tama and Ruko love battling, or Akira/Piriluk's hyperactive/calm combination
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What does "LRIG" mean?
# What does "LRIG" mean?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-05-15
We know that Tama is Ruko's "LRIG" card, but is it ever explained what an LRIG actually stands for or what it means?

[![Tama](https://i.sstatic.net/LesCnl.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/LesCn.jpg)

I was looking at some translated card game rules also, and they never referred to these cards as anything other than LRIGs. Have I missed something early on, or have they neglected to explain the term?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is just speculation and might be completely off-base, but I think they might have just taken "girl" and spelled it backwards. I looked for this a little while back and couldn't find anything that indicated that it's actually an acronym/initialism.  
> **username_0**: Oh, I never even thought about that. It seems plausible alright  
> **username_0**: @senshin looking into it a little more, this seems to be right. The LRIG cards 'reflect' or sometimes 'invert' the potential Eternal Girls, like how both Tama and Ruko love battling, or Akira/Piriluk's hyperactive/calm combination  
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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-05-15. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
Looks like my guess was right - "LRIG" is "girl" spelled backwards, not an acronym/initialism.

This was stated by [KawaseP](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=28846) (a.k.a. Kouhei Kawase, one of the producers for *selector infected WIXOSS*) in [an interview with Akiba-Souken](http://akiba-souken.com/article/anime/19970/?page=2) (Ctrl+F for `作品要素`).

> ──LRIGs are a distinctive part of the show, aren't they?
>
> The LRIG character designs were done by [[Kyuta] Sakai](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=75758), but it was Tomo Yamaguchi, who is in charge of the card game at Takara Tomy, who came up with the name "LRIG". We had a different name for them at first, but at one of the scriptwriting meetings, we decided that we wanted to go with something a bit more off-the-beaten-path, and so we decided on "GIRL" spelled backwards: "LRIG" (pronounced "loo-rig"). Up to that point, we had been making up all sorts of convoluted words, so when the simple word "LRIG" was proposed, everybody agreed.

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Given the events of episode 8...

> I guess we can see why the producers decided that "LRIG" was a good choice. Girls turn into LRIGs when their wishes are "fulfilled", and LRIGs likewise turn into (human) girls when that happens. Simple and effective.
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