jungle Asian

plural jungle Asians

1. derogatoryethnichumorousslangslursometimessometimes self-deprecatoryA person from Southeast Asia.

   SEA baboon head jungle asian thinks he's white lmao

   2026 June 8, @EYEEEKONIC, Twitter

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   I think my husband and I have a huge unspoken understanding between each other, because he’s half Filipino and half Japanese and I’m half Chinese and half Vietnamese. So, we’re both half fancy Asian… and half jungle Asian.

   2016, Ali Wong: Baby Cobra, spoken by Ali Wong

   The descriptor “jungle Asian” implies that those who don’t fit into the “fancy Asian” category are inferior, and more likely to face colourism.

   2018 November 15, Yenée Saw, “We need to talk about 'Subtle Asian Traits'”, in SBS

   As my Singaporean friend used to say, the "Jungle Asians" 😂😭

   2025 October 25, @SydneyLWatson, Twitter