weeaboo
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weeaboo
- /ˈwiː.ə.buː/
Sounds like ouiaboo
Where it comes from
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.
noun weeaboos · weaboo
- A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile. 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 cu
- A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese culture more generally.
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Talk about this word "weeaboo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weeaboo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. weeaboo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weeaboo "weeaboo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weeaboo.Cite this
@misc{weeaboo_2026,
title = {weeaboo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weeaboo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
