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Koreaboo

American

[kuh-ree-uh-boo] / kəˈri əˌbu /

noun

Slang: Disparaging. a non-Korean person viewed as being obsessed with Korean culture and media.

Etymology

Origin of Koreaboo

First recorded in 2005–10; Korea ( def. ) + (weea)boo ( def. )

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