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-aboo

suffix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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suffix

Meaning 1

A suffix combined with a noun to create a word for a person with an intense and/or unhealthy fixation on the referent of the noun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, morpheme

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From weeaboo, a nonce word invented by Nicholas Gurewitch in a Perry Bible Fellowship comic, later arbitrarily used by the 4chan website as an automated replacement for wapanese in users' posts.