westaboo

English

Alternative forms

• Westaboo

Etymology

From west +‎ -aboo.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕstʹəbo͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstəbuː/

Noun

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.