This is actually how "weeaboo" became a word (outside of the Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon[0]). There was a filter on 4chan that turned "wapanese" into a "weea

This is actually how "weeaboo" became a word (outside of the Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon[0]). There was a filter on 4chan that turned "wapanese" into a "weeaboo", and pretty soon the former was completely forgotten and the word that is actually in use in "weeaboo". [0] This comic is the original source of the word: https://pbfcomics.com/comics/weeaboo https://pbfcomics.com/comics/weeaboo