teaboo
English
Etymology
From tea + -aboo, referencing the stereotypical British fondness for tea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiː.ə.buː/
Noun
teaboo (plural teaboos)
- (slang, often derogatory) A non-British person who is obsessed with British culture and media; an Anglophile.
- 2013 June 24, @GiveMeRumRaisin, Twitter:
- I wonder if teaboos realize chavs exist.
- 2014 August 1, Elaine, The Spooky (@Kitsunelaine), Twitter:
- BBC Sherlock is... Mostly /alright/. Nothing to warrant salivating teaboos.
- 2020 May 27, yenna (@hyaened), Twitter:
- Remember when people were teaboos. Like Sherlock Harry Potter Doctor And 1D who we’re[sic] thriving all at the same time and people would be like ugh british boys 🥺 and wear british flags as aesthetic accessories and wanted to go to the UK and loved the accents ...t
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:teaboo.
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