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Ameriboo

[ SLANG ][ INTERNET CULTURE ][ LABEL ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Internet slang / forumsCLUSTER: boo_suffix_labels

A rare, often derogatory internet label for a non-American person who is overly infatuated with American culture. It is modelled on "weeaboo", with the suffix "-boo" attached to America.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He joked that his road-trip playlist and love of diners made him a bit of an Ameriboo.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary calls it a clipping of America plus the suffix -boo, with synonyms freeaboo and Americophile. Its dated citations are a June 13, 2019 post on r/AskAnAmerican asking "Have you ever met an ameriboo?" and an August 28, 2021 Business Insider article saying streamer Hasan Piker jokingly called himself an "Ameri-boo".

FIRST SEEN

2019-06-13 (Reddit post on r/AskAnAmerican)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2019-2021

CURRENT STATUS

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