members of the
asian race, comes from the word
gook, which was american slang for the vietnamese during the vietnam
war. used by pvt. eightball in the movie "full metal jacket".
"personally, I think, uh... they
don't really want to be involved in this war. you know, i mean... they sort of took away our freedom and gave it to the, to the gookers, you know. but they
don't want it. they'd rather be alive than free, i guess. poor
dumb bastards." -full metal jacket