weeaboo

Alternative forms

• weaboo

Etymology

Nonce word from a Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch.^[1] Later arbitrarily used by the 4chan website as an automated replacement for the term wapanese in users' posts.^[2]

Pronunciation

• enPR: wēʹəbo͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈwiːəbuː/

Noun

weeaboo (plural weeaboos)

1. (slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person (especially one of Caucasian ancestry) who is obsessed with Japanese culture and behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner.
   • 2007 May 3, Kai, alt.gothic.fashion (Google group): Return of an old-timer and H. Naoto review:

     I remember you distinctively^[sic] because I once responded in grand^[sic] detail to one of your posts about a kimono only to have you completley^[sic] ignore it. Welcome back. The clothing sounds good but I tend to desire a non-weeaboo opinion. People who are head over heels about Japanese culture tend to be a bit “biased” in their reviews.

   • 2008 February 22, Thurdust, alt.religion.kibology (Google group): venture into anime:

     The line between anime fan and weeaboo is getting blurrier and blurrier with every passing day.

   • 2010 January 24, 9FEmssiLmwyaEWxy9LPEfEQ Pisces, alt.slack (Google group): ROB IS REALLY:

     But its^[sic] all over. Too bad. I suppose the boychild had hoped for some little Weeaboo boy who would fuck him up the ass in his mothers^[sic] basement. He just really wanted to play dirty Gohan/Goku with someone like him.
     He is pretty sure Weeaboo’s^[sic] hate halfassed black kids with cumstained sweatshirts though.

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