westaboo

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From west +‎ -aboo.

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westaboo (plural westaboos)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.
    • 2014 September 10, Katie Ujihisa (@sandkatt), Twitter[1]:
      I don't think any actual Japanese kids own an Xbone. Probably mostly foreigners living in Japan and westaboos.
    • 2017 December 24, Blankaex (@Blankaex), Twitter[2]:
      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 :^)
    • 2018 March 27, Noah Blum (@neontaster), Twitter[3]:
      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).
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:westaboo.