weeaboo
/ˈwiː.ə.buː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.
Derogatory; Slang
noun
A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese culture more generally.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Ingrid has been with Stephen, a Japanese translator and blatant weeaboo, for five years, and yet is shocked when she finds evidence that all of his ex-girlfriends are Asian."
Etymology
A nonce word in "Weeaboo", a 2005 Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch, according to whom the word originated from a dream his sister had. It was used later that year as a wordfilter replacement for the abusive term wapanese on the message board 4chan, from which its current sense derived and spread.