a zen koan for you

Oct 24, 2007 23:02


A Japanese youth was raised in the West, by Western adoptive parents. He knew not the language of his ancestors, nor the customs of their culture. Soon after reaching adulthood, he had befriended some American otaku, and one day he accompanied them to an animu convention. There, he met a great otaku master, a much-respected man, whose knowledge of ( Read more... )

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asterphage October 25 2007, 15:16:36 UTC
4chan slang, going back at least a year or so, referring to those who are overly fond of Japanese entertainment media and pop culture. Used as a substitute for "wapanese", which, depending on who you ask, is a combination of either "white" and "japanese" (like "wigger", with similar connotations), or "wannabe" and "japanese". Derived from this comic, the term inherits its tone of scorn and derision.

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codename_pillow October 25 2007, 19:44:04 UTC
"Wapanese" was word filtering to "weeaboo" for awhile, giving it it's origin too.

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Idetrorce anonymous December 16 2007, 00:57:10 UTC
very interesting, but I don't agree with you
Idetrorce

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jamiie66 May 15 2008, 17:26:57 UTC
Did you read MY LJ?

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