I didn't say you were trying to define anything. I just said you've proved my point.

Why are you getting so hostile towards me?

Haha.. you're the troll.

I suspect that something I said hit a nerve.

It's funny because I wasn't even trying to be offensive to anyone.

You pretty much made it seem like I was trying to define the word weaboo. And I was not. I posted my opinion on the term - that's all.

It wasn't my intention to make it seem that way so sorry about the misunderstanding.

A weeaboo is someone who is obsessed with Japanese stuff. It's as simple as that. I have no idea why are you arguing about word definitions here...

Apology accepted ^^v

I'm not arguing definitions. I'm saying that it's a slur and can't be defined objectively.

But what makes this different is that it's a collective opinion. This collective opinion turns into a general consensus. This general consensus turns into a description.

I'll tell you a really short story. My first year of college I met this guy who was OBSESSED with Japan. He'd never been to the country. He told me, "I've given up on America, I want to live my life in Japan."
This, my friend, is being a weaboo.

Like I said, this is moot. If everything is taken as relative then we wouldn't be able to give a description to anything. This isn't thinking in practical terms.

I beg to differ lol


Urban Dictionary: wapanese
Urban Dictionary: weeaboo

Urban Dictionary is written by /b/tards. I've written so much crap there. Unreliable 99% of the time.

Enyclopedia Brittanica says:

"weeaboo (noun): a non-Japanese person exhibiting an obsessive admiration for Japanese anime that often extends to the broader Japanese culture"

Is it a consensus? I've already given an example of the types of people that some of my classmates call "Weabos" earlier in the thread. I personally don't think this way... though I similarly don't understand such people I don't look down on them. The thing is that the majority of people on here would be classed as Weabos to them.

It is likely that what you think is a general consensus is just a consensus amongst your social group.. the people you get.

So you say.. see above.

I'm not saying that everything is taken as relative. I'm saying that some things can be defined objectively. Weabo is not something that is.

You're a /b/tard if you take those definitions as being serious or as credible definitions.

Hence I said 'written'. I've given up on having a troll life.

Two things...

I said defined OBJECTIVELY. You do realise that ALL words have definitions. Some are relative and some are not but most can be found in the dictionary.

Second of all.. linking urban dictionary is pretty lame. It's hardly a dictionary.

Let's copy and paste the FULL definition it gives.

Why are you using it as a source to prove your point then?

Uh, what, I used Encyclopedia Brittanica, not UD.

And no, the real point is people use the word 'Weeaboo' in wrong situations, such as your friends. That happens for so many other words. Like 'emo' for e.g. we call emos everyone who puts a lot of black eyeliner nowadays because we love to mock people. It's just bad usage, not objective meaning.

Or everyone here who as already given the general definition that it's someone who is hyper obsessed with Japan.


I've already told this story on this forum before, so I'm not pulling it out of my ass for the sake of validity of this particular debate. Take it for what you will, but that's my staunch affirmation that there are such things as weaboos.

I mean I've met people that are a little bit too over enthusiastic about Japan for my liking also.

But to someone who has no interest in Japan at all and that has contempt for people who are interested in Japan... then WE are the Weabos to them.

It's relative.

Well that's what you said before, so forgive me for the assumption.

Let's make love.

Because it was a joke.

I'm just going to copy and paste my first point.

I said defined OBJECTIVELY. You do realise that ALL words have definitions. Some are relative and some are not but most can be found in the dictionary.

When I say dictionary I meant as in a normal one... like the Britannica.

Furthermore.. big deal.. to my friends you are wrong... so who is right? The dictionary can't prove either of us to be right which means it is a RELATIVE definition.

That is the definition.. but it's relative. To some of my friends those that listen to Japanese music but don't understand the language are "hyper obsessed" and are Weabos. Therefore Weabo is a slur.



I'm not saying I don't believe you.. I'm just saying that it's irrelevant.

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to illustrate here. All it shows is that I've been consistent throughout the whole thread.

Dude, do you need the definition of 'objectively'? Because you can't take that word one way or the other, it's just one way. The other way is you're retarded.

And no, dictionary shows that your friends are wrong, because they are going away from the original definition (by consensus) this word had/has. The word was created for what the dictionary says for, you're just misusing it.

inb4 define the word 'define'

Or inb4 objective vs subjective lol

Damn I remenber back in the days asking people randomly to define words.
Gave me a hell of enjoynement.

PersonA: "This is a candle."
PersonB: "Define candle."
PersonA: "A candle is a solid block of fuel (commonly wax) and an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat."
PersonB: "Define heat."
PersonA: "In physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact when the systems are at different temperatures. It is also often described as the process of transfer of energy between physical entities. In this description, it is an energy transfer to the body in any other way than due to work performed on the body."
PersonB: "Define system."
PersonA: "Dude what's your point?!"
PersonB: "Define point."
PersonA: "Fu** you dude..."
PersonB: "Define-"

*PersonA punches personB in the face*
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Edit: Asked you that months ago.

Haha.. wow.. all aboard the fail boat alright.

objective - definition of objective by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

What part of the following (which is your quote from Encyclopedia Britanica) is objective?

I've already shown via my examples that the definition is subjective.

*gives cookie*
Now please make them stop this madness ó___Ò''

1. Of or having to do with a material object.
Well, a weeaboo is a person...

2. Having actual existence or reality.
Well I guess people exist...

b. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal.
Based on observable phenomena...OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

LOLZ

Wait what? What did you prove here? o.O Those definitions about 'objective' have no meaning the way you're using it. You're taking a word objectively which makes no sense... how can't you tell it's just misusage?

And please, stop answering questions with other questions, thus avoiding answering my question in the first place.

Aww, we're having fun!

Wow.. you really fail.

What phenomena that is observable makes someone a weabo? (The people that listen to Japanese music but can't understand the words?)

Is it the observable phenomena my friends describe?

Really.. I can't believe I have to explain this.

I'm showing you the definition of objective that I'm using (which just so happens to be a dictionary definition) when I say that Weabo has no objective definition and therefore is nothing more than a slur.

A zebra is a cow because I objectively judge so.

Wow.. you really fail.
By now I hope you've realized that your retardedness has totally turned me off from even trying to stimulate an actual debate. I guess you could call that a "win," be deep down we all know better.

What phenomena that is observable makes someone a weabo?
Wearing a Hello Kitty sick mask in bumfvck Ohio.

Wait a second, I though you said Weeaboo had objective definition, such as what your friends were doing. Short memory here?

And no it doesn't have that. Your friends just have no real idea what weeaboo means and use it for their own amuse to have good laughs on those poor fellas.

*head explodes

No point letting ronin derail the thread. I think everyone on here besides ronin basically agrees on what is meant by a weaboo. Just ignore him ;)

So a weabo is a person who wears a hello kitty mask in bumf*ck Ohio?

Yeah you're REAL smart. :cool: