Westaboo
English
Part of Speech: | IPA (Approx.): /ˈwɛstəbuː/
Katakana: ウェスタブー
“A non-Westerner who idealizes and fixates on Western culture.”
Definition 1:
A non-Western person, often a Japanese national, who becomes intensely fixated on Western culture, aesthetics, or media, usually in a romanticized or unrealistic way.
Definition 2:
Someone who idealizes Western culture beyond reason or reality.
Quick Study Definition:
A non-Westerner obsessed with Western culture.
Example Sentence:
After spending a semester abroad in California he returned quoting sitcoms and eating burgers for every meal and his friends teased him for becoming a full westaboo.
Etymology:
- west: relating to Western countries or culture
- -aboo: slang suffix indicating exaggerated cultural fixation, patterned after weeaboo
Literal Meaning:
One who is fixated on the West.
Related Terms:
- Weeaboo — Westerner obsessed with Japanese culture
- Koreaboo — non-Korean obsessed with Korean culture
- Occidentophilia — love of Western culture (formal)
- Cultural fixation slang — terms marking exaggerated fandom of other cultures
