"-aboo" meaning in English

See -aboo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|weeaboo}} weeaboo, {{m|en|wapanese}} wapanese Head templates: {{en-noun}} -aboo (noun-forming suffix)
  1. (informal) 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. Wikipedia link: 4chan, Perry Bible Fellowship Tags: informal, morpheme Synonyms: -boo

Alternative forms

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