Someone who is overly obsessed with the Japanese culture to the point of irritation / annoyance. Although this was initially used as a negative term, some people are self-proclaimed weeaboos, who don't mind that they are weeaboo. The term 'weeaboo' is often shortened to 'weeb'.
There is also a clear difference between someone who simply is interested or likes the Japanese culture, and a full out weeb. You wanna learn Japanese? Go for it. You wanna visit Japan? Sure. You like anime and manga? That's great! But it becomes an issue if, I dunno, you use Japanese honorifics after everyone's name (-san, -kun, -chan, etc.), or if you wear a Naruto outfit and Naruto run everywhere, or if you refer to yourself as (name)-です（desu).
But hey, you do you.
There is also a clear difference between someone who simply is interested or likes the Japanese culture, and a full out weeb. You wanna learn Japanese? Go for it. You wanna visit Japan? Sure. You like anime and manga? That's great! But it becomes an issue if, I dunno, you use Japanese honorifics after everyone's name (-san, -kun, -chan, etc.), or if you wear a Naruto outfit and Naruto run everywhere, or if you refer to yourself as (name)-です（desu).
But hey, you do you.
by GuyThatLikesWater September 29, 2020
Get the Weeaboomug. by McFoggle June 28, 2018
Get the WEEABOOmug. Dude 1: Hey, i like to watch Cory in the House, its my favourite anime
Dude 2: Dude, that is not an anime. ANI mes are japanese.
Dude 1: Stfu dude, dont be such a weeaboo, Cory is black.
Dude 2: Dude, that is not an anime. ANI mes are japanese.
Dude 1: Stfu dude, dont be such a weeaboo, Cory is black.
by Lowloser November 21, 2016
Get the Weeaboomug. The most sanctimonious, impressionable, socially inept types of people on the media who obsess over spreading toxic positivity between themselves along with spreading it to anyone who dares to oppose their ideals; they possess so much internal insecurity that they willingly cling to fictional characters, which leads them to lacking social skills more than if they learned to communicate with real people or be in contact with the people they disagree with for one whole day without instinctively mocking them.
Due to their impressionable, servile attitude, they don't hesitate to take everything they look at with a surface-level interpretation, causing a cycle where they constantly misinterpret themselves and other people when something actually factual is stated and they put federal law before logical construction, causing them to be willingly insensitive and ignorant to issues that are much more likely to spread conflict across the human population than anything federal law dictates the rights and wrongs of.
Due to their impressionable, servile attitude, they don't hesitate to take everything they look at with a surface-level interpretation, causing a cycle where they constantly misinterpret themselves and other people when something actually factual is stated and they put federal law before logical construction, causing them to be willingly insensitive and ignorant to issues that are much more likely to spread conflict across the human population than anything federal law dictates the rights and wrongs of.
YouTube viewer after watching a video on a weeaboo's channel: ...Wait, that was a weeaboo I just watched? Really? ...Now I'm thinking of making a headcanon where the protagonist from Re;Zero is actually gay. I mean, I did it for Finn from Adventure Time where I gave a headcanon on him being gay for the Ice King right as this weeaboo demonstrated that making a sexuality headcanon for a fictional character is fine.
by commentspae December 9, 2020
Get the weeaboomug. by KjCoke December 3, 2019
Get the Weeaboomug. noun
A non-Japanese person who takes admiration for Japan to an obsessive, delusional, and disrespectful level. A weeaboo doesn’t just enjoy anime or manga — they treat Japan as the greatest country on Earth while insulting their own culture and traditions.
Weeaboos often think watching a few anime makes them fluent in Japanese, dropping random words like “kawaii desu” or “senpaiii” without context. They exaggerate cosplay into something unhealthy, sometimes confusing anime costumes with traditional culture, and blur the line between fiction and reality.
The issue isn’t liking Japan — it’s fetishizing it. By worshiping Japan as flawless, weeaboos reduce a complex culture into shallow stereotypes and even objectify Japanese people as “anime characters.” Instead of admiration, this obsession comes off as cringe and insulting.
NOTE: Enjoying anime, Japanese games, food, or studying the culture does not make you a weeaboo. You cross the line when you:
Claim Japan is better than every country just for anime/manga.
Trash your own nation’s culture.
Use broken Japanese for clout.
Treat anime as everyday Japanese life.
Fetishize or stereotype Japanese people.
A non-Japanese person who takes admiration for Japan to an obsessive, delusional, and disrespectful level. A weeaboo doesn’t just enjoy anime or manga — they treat Japan as the greatest country on Earth while insulting their own culture and traditions.
Weeaboos often think watching a few anime makes them fluent in Japanese, dropping random words like “kawaii desu” or “senpaiii” without context. They exaggerate cosplay into something unhealthy, sometimes confusing anime costumes with traditional culture, and blur the line between fiction and reality.
The issue isn’t liking Japan — it’s fetishizing it. By worshiping Japan as flawless, weeaboos reduce a complex culture into shallow stereotypes and even objectify Japanese people as “anime characters.” Instead of admiration, this obsession comes off as cringe and insulting.
NOTE: Enjoying anime, Japanese games, food, or studying the culture does not make you a weeaboo. You cross the line when you:
Claim Japan is better than every country just for anime/manga.
Trash your own nation’s culture.
Use broken Japanese for clout.
Treat anime as everyday Japanese life.
Fetishize or stereotype Japanese people.
“Bro watched two episodes of Naruto and now he’s saying ‘konnichiwa, senpai’ at McDonald’s. That’s some straight weeaboo behavior.”
“She said Japan is perfect and her own country is trash, while wearing a $5 cosplay wig in public. Classic weeaboo.”
“Liking Demon Slayer doesn’t make you a weeaboo. Screaming ‘Nezuko-chan uwu’ at strangers definitely does.”
“This dude thinks anime high schools are how Japan really is. Somebody save him from being a weeaboo.”
“You can enjoy sushi without being a weeaboo. You become a weeaboo when you say sushi is the only food worth eating because it’s Japanese.”
“My cousin studied Japanese history and culture respectfully — not a weeaboo. My other cousin painted his face to look like an anime character and said he’s renouncing his passport — total weeaboo.”
“She said Japan is perfect and her own country is trash, while wearing a $5 cosplay wig in public. Classic weeaboo.”
“Liking Demon Slayer doesn’t make you a weeaboo. Screaming ‘Nezuko-chan uwu’ at strangers definitely does.”
“This dude thinks anime high schools are how Japan really is. Somebody save him from being a weeaboo.”
“You can enjoy sushi without being a weeaboo. You become a weeaboo when you say sushi is the only food worth eating because it’s Japanese.”
“My cousin studied Japanese history and culture respectfully — not a weeaboo. My other cousin painted his face to look like an anime character and said he’s renouncing his passport — total weeaboo.”
by randomanimeenjoyer September 19, 2025
Get the Weeaboomug. 