The real reason that the English-speaking world hates ‘weeaboos’ — Attitudes to Language
<p>“<a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/weeaboo/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Weeaboo</em></a><em> </em>is a mostly derogatory slang term for a Western person who is obsessed with Japanese culture, especially anime, often regarding it as superior to all other cultures” for those of you who don’t know. In this article when I’m talking about weeaboos, or weebs, I’m referring mostly to people who like anime and Japanese culture but not so much to those self-professed ‘Japanophiles’ who want to <em>be Japanese </em>and often fetishise Asian women.</p>
<p>That’s a topic for another day.</p>
<p>As someone who is active in the Japanese fashion community in England and who watches slightly more anime than the average English youth, I have been called a weeb more than once in my life. In fact, many members of this community jokingly call ourselves weebs all the time. We are a group that is looked down upon and often assumed to be shut-in nerds who don’t know how to socialise with others. Often, this is related to our language use.</p>
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