weeaboo
A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly…A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.
» Wanting to learn Japanese doesn't automatically make you a weeaboo.
Nur weil man Japanisch lernen will, ist man noch lange nicht automatisch ein „Weeaboo“.
Meaning
2 senses(derogatory, slang)A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.
Weeaboo, Weebo, Weeb
A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative
(positive, slang, sometimes)A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese culture more generally.
Examples
2 sentencesWanting to learn Japanese doesn't automatically make you a weeaboo.
deNur weil man Japanisch lernen will, ist man noch lange nicht automatisch ein „Weeaboo“.
Tom liked Naruto a little too much and became a weeaboo.
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
A nonce word in "Weeaboo", a 2005 Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch, accoA 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.
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