Etymology

ouiaboo

O1U1I1A1B3O1O1

Today it means: A non-French person who is obsessed with France and French culture, a Francophile. Full definition →

French oui
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The story

  1. French · derived fromoui“yes”
  2. English todayouiaboo

From oui + -aboo, borrowing the French oui (“yes”) to create an intentional, punning homophone of weeaboo (“Wapanese”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchoui all →

oui

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.