Etymology

no-no boy

Today it means: A Japanese man who refused to renounce the Japanese emperor and to serve in the United States armed forces. Full definition →

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The story

This renunciation required answering "no" to the last two questions in a questionnaire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.