wapanese

See also: Wapanese

English

Alternative forms

Wapanese

Etymology

Blend of white +‎ Japanese under influence from wigger, ("white" + "nigger"), although sometimes parsed as wannabe + Japanese, popularized by the message board 4chan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wæpəˈniːz/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

wapanese (plural wapanese)

(derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) Synonym of weeaboo: a person from elsewhere, particularly an unsocial white male, considered overly infatuated with Japanese culture.
- 2003 December 16, I. B. Blaqman [username], “I really hate the way Japanese media sensationalizes their so-called "superstars"”, in soc.culture.japan, Usenet‎:
  Now, I know some of you Wapanese (Caucasian Japan fanboys) might get your panties in a bunch, but it's my opinion. LIVE WITH IT.
- 2006 February 28, Blowhole911 [username], “Re: Arakawa”, in soc.culture.japan, Usenet‎:
  She wasn't the best, Wapanese.
- 2007 November 5, WrestlingizReel [username], “Re: Too much Hiro in ancient Japan?”, in rec.arts.tv, Usenet‎:
  His making the greatest samurai legend in Japanese history a white guy in the middle of the closed country era pretty much sealed it that he's a Wapanese with a pen.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:wapanese.

Usage notes

Also used attributively.

References

Stryker, Cole. Epic Win for Anonymous, Overlook Press, →ISBN, 2011, p. 29.