Mook vs Gook - What's the difference?
mook | gook |
(slang, forensic accounting) A manipulated or rigged set of business accounting ledgers.
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(slang, vulgar, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from the Far East, Oceania or Southeast Asia, in particular a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean person.
(informal) Grime or mud.
* {{quote-book, 1983, Len O'Connor, A Reporter in Sweet Chicago, isbn=0809276488
, passage="Roost No More" was a yellow gook that Joe's people would spread around, for a fee, on the ledges of houses and commercial buildings plagued by pigeons.}}
As nouns the difference between mook and gook
is that mook is a disagreeable or incompetent person while gook is a person from the Far East, Oceania or Southeast Asia, in particular a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean person.mook
English
(wikipedia mook)Etymology 1
Unknown. Probably a variation of ""moke" ("donkey", "fool"). Possible from Cantonese 'mook jung'' ("dead wood" or "wooden dummy").Etymology 2
(usually used in plural)Noun
(en noun)gook
English
Etymology 1
Use traced to U.S. Marines in Philippines in early 20th century.Dictionary.com]Pearson, Kim, "[http://kpearson.faculty.tcnj.edu/Dictionary/gook.htm Gook". Earliest recorded example is dated 1920.Seligman, Herbert J., "
The Conquest of Haiti", The Nation, July 10, 1920. * Folk etymology suggests that during the Korean War, young Korean children would point at U.S. soldiers and shout ", guk) itself simply means "country". This explanation ignores the fact that there are many examples of the word's use that pre-date the Korean War.
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* In the US, gook refers particularly to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered highly offensive, on a par with nigger.Etymology 2
Possible blend of goop and gunk.Noun
(en noun)citation