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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-aboo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
-a-boo
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

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.

Informal

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

-boo (alternative)

Questions

What does -aboo mean?
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.
Where does -aboo come from?
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.

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