Jap
English
Etymology
Shortened from Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878.[1] Compare Nip (shortened from Nippon).
Pronunciation
Noun
Jap (plural Japs)
- (countable, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Japanese person.
- 1872, James Brooks, A Seven Months' Run, Up, and Down, and Around the World:
- Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never.
- 1872, James Brooks, A Seven Months' Run, Up, and Down, and Around the World:
- (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur) The Japanese language.
- 2007, Les A. Murray, Fredy Neptune (page 239)
- He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds?
- 2012, Robert Conroy, Rising Sun:
- He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen.
“You speak Jap?” asked Cullen.
“Looks like it, doesn't it?”
- 2007, Les A. Murray, Fredy Neptune (page 239)
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Translations
offensive term for a Japanese person
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Adjective
Jap (not comparable)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.
- 1951, James Albert Michener, The Voice of Asia (page 6)
- A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.
- 1951, James Albert Michener, The Voice of Asia (page 6)
Verb
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- Alternative letter-case form of jap
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Jap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Dutch
Alternative forms
- jap (official)
Etymology
Shortening of Japanner, Japans, etc..
Pronunciation
Noun
Jap m (plural Jappen)
Usage notes
- Though the officially prescribed spelling is jap, the term is often written with a capital by analogy with demonyms.
- Generally considered offensive. In polite language it is only used in historical derived terms like jappenkamp.
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑp
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