Having created a parody involving a term familiar to Trainers in Pokémon Go, I realized that there is more to explore regarding this term. Specifically, it is related to a bunch of terms that all pertain to Pokémon that have the best stats - even, the best of the worst - with all kinds of conditions. And they all can be linguistically explained, in particular with respect to how they are formed, how frequently they may be used, and how acceptable they are among Trainers in general.
Regardless, all of the terms involve some kind of blending of the word "hundred" as rendered in Japanese (hundoreddo), as with the case of "Shundo" that I explained previously. For the other terms, their specific conditions are what apply to the formation of the terms. A Pokémon with perfect stats and no other specific condition is just called "Hundo", clipping the word above. A Lucky Pokémon with perfect stats is called "Lundo" (Lucky + "Hundo"), but if it's also Shiny, then it's called "Shlundo" (Shiny + Lucky + "Hundo"). All of these terms see frequent usage among Trainers and are therefore commonly accepted among them.
Then there are the terms for "the best of the worst". A Pokémon with 0% stats, the worst possible, is called "Nundo" (not/none + "Hundo"). This particular term is also of frequent usage and common acceptance. However, the posited term for the Shiny counterpart is of different origin and quality; the term, "Shero", is a blend of "Shiny" and "zero", which is a little out of place considering the other terms above. As expected, the term also has seemingly not found familiarity nor acceptance among Trainers, and they seem to prefer to use the other term with "Shiny" before it. It is thus a totally different story.
Other terms also exist or were posited, but they're rarely (if at all) used and their acceptability is also of questionable status as well. They are for ones that bear Shadow status ("Shundow", "Shadow" + "Hundo"; "Shindow", "Shiny" + "Hundo" + "Shadow") or even Purified ("Pundo", "Purified" + "Hundo"; "Shpundo", "Shiny" + "Purified" + "Hundo") or Legendary ("Legundo", "Legendary" + "Hundo"; "Shlegundo", "Shiny" + "Legendary" + "Hundo"). All of these appear awkward in some way, which might explain their lack of usage and acceptability; they may have a long way before they gain anything in these regards, if at all.
Even though there seems to be many of these terms - and perhaps many more hidden possibilities - the fact that only a few terms have come into frequent usage and great acceptance shows that it doesn't take much to describe the state of affairs regarding the conditions of Pokémon that Trainers catch. Still, much of that is still due to just how language works in the background and how that is reflected in the foreground, as Trainers explore that as well as the great world of Pokémon.
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