different between wigger vs weeaboo

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w???/

Etymology 1

From wig +? -er.

Noun

wigger (plural wiggers)

1. A maker of wigs.
   • 1984, Arthur Miller, Salesman in Beijing, page 184.

Etymology 2

Blend of white +? nigger.

Alternative forms

• wigga, whigger, whigga

Noun

wigger (plural wiggers)

1. (informal, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Caucasian person (typically young and male) who dresses, speaks, or otherwise behaves in a manner that is stereotypically associated with certain aspects of African-American, Caribbean or hip-hop culture.
   • 1999, Leonard Steinhorn & Barbara Diggs-Brown, By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race, page 178.

Translations

See also

• wapanese
• coconut
• Oreo

English

Alternative forms

• weaboo

Etymology

Nonce word from a Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch. Later arbitrarily used by the 4chan website as an automated replacement for the term wapanese in users' posts.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w???bo?o, IPA^(key): /?wi??bu?/

Noun

weeaboo (plural weeaboos)

1. (slang, derogatory) A non-Japanese person (especially one of Caucasian ancestry) who is obsessed with Japanese culture and behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner.

Synonyms

• Japanophile, wapanese (slang, derogatory, refers to white people only), weeb (slang, derogatory)

Hypernyms

• egg (mildly pejorative, refers to white people only)

Derived terms

• Koreaboo

References