no-no boy

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Etymology

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This renunciation required answering "no" to the last two questions in a questionnaire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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no-no boy (plural no-no boys)

  1. (US, historical, slang) During World War II, a Japanese man who refused to renounce the Japanese emperor and to serve in the United States armed forces.
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