Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

westaboo

/ˈwɛstəbuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: west-a-boo
IPA: /ˈwɛstəbuː/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of westaboo.

Example Sentences

"I don't think any actual Japanese kids own an Xbone. Probably mostly foreigners living in Japan and westaboos."
"american soldiers wanted turkey on xmas but there was none so they settled for the next best thing (kfc). kfc used that as a marketing strat to get all the westaboos (i.e. all of japan) to believe it's an american tradition and it looks like it stuck :^)"
"A lot of mangaka are considered "westaboos" and if you watch something like Black Lagoon, it's totally inspired by American action movies (and some Hong Kong as well)."

Etymology

From west + -aboo.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: west

Inflected Forms

westaboos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce westaboo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɛstəbuː/.
What does westaboo mean?: A non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.
Where does westaboo come from?: From west + -aboo.

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