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Behave vs Weeaboo - What's the difference?

behave | weeaboo |

As a verb behave

is (label) to conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.

As a noun weeaboo is

(slang|derogatory) a white person who behaves in a stereotypically japanese manner or seeks to appear stereotypically japanese.

behave

English

Verb

  • (label) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
  • * Bible, ii. 21
    • those that behaved themselves manfully
  • (label) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner;
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • He did behave his anger ere 'twas spent.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.iii:
    • who his limbs with labours, and his mind / Behaues with cares, cannot so easie mis.
  • (label) To act in a polite or proper way.

    • Derived terms

    * behave oneself

    Related terms

    * behavior, behaviour * behavioral, behavioural * behaviorist, behaviourist * behaviorism, behaviourism

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words

    weeaboo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, derogatory) A white person who behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner or seeks to appear stereotypically Japanese.
  • * 2007 May 3, Kai], [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.gothic.fashion/topics?hl=en alt.gothic.fashion (Google group)]: [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.gothic.fashion/browse_thread/thread/f2eec3bb7b78b3b5/a24e414f7c91221c?hl=en&q=%22weeaboo%22 Return of an old-timer and H. Naoto review :
    • I remember you distinctively(SIC) because I once responded in grand(SIC) detail to one of your posts about a kimono only to have you completley(SIC) ignore it. Welcome back. The clothing sounds good but I tend to desire a non-weeaboo opinion. People who are head over heels about Japanese culture tend to be a bit “biased” in their reviews.
  • * 2008 February 22, Thurdust], [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.religion.kibology/topics?hl=en alt.religion.kibology (Google group)]: [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.religion.kibology/browse_thread/thread/643b09b781c0194d/bdcb4aa1f7e585bc?hl=en&q=%22weeaboo%22 venture into anime :
    • The line between anime fan and weeaboo is getting blurrier and blurrier with every passing day.
  • * 2010 January 24, 9FEmssiLmwyaEWxy9LPEfEQ Pisces], [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.slack/topics?hl=en alt.slack (Google group)]: [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.slack/browse_thread/thread/29d8dccd47f7d93b/c468b0ae0b9ac412?hl=en&q=%22weeaboo%22 ROB IS REALLY :
    • But its(SIC) all over. Too bad. I suppose the boychild had hoped for some little Weeaboo' boy who would fuck him up the ass in his mothers(SIC) basement. He just really wanted to play dirty Gohan/Goku with someone like him.
    He is pretty sure '     Weeaboo’s     (SIC) hate halfassed black kids with cumstained sweatshirts though.

    Synonyms

    * Japanophile * wapanese (also derogatory)

    Hypernyms

    * egg (mildly pejorative)

    See also

    * wigger English 4chan slang