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    A nonce word in "Weeaboo", a 2005 Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch, 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. Now sometimes reclaimed as a self-description by anime and manga fans.

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    weeaboo (plural weeaboos)

    1. (fandom slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person, stereotypically an unsociable white male, who is overly infatuated with Japanese culture; a loser Japanophile.

      • 2007 May 3, Kai, “Return of an old-timer and H. Naoto review”, in alt.gothic.fashion‎[1] (Usenet), message-ID <23836-4639551F-204@storefull-3118.bay.webtv.net>:

        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.

      • 2010 January 24, Pisces, “ROB IS REALLY”, in alt.slack‎[2] (Usenet), message-ID <5ca8c049-ad60-4ec3-ba74-1326fa02ff3d@o36g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>:

        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.

      • 2022 April 18, Steph Cha, “Down the Rabbit Hole”, in The New York Times, Fiction:

        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.

    2. (fandom slang, sometimes positive) A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese culture more generally.

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