During 2005, the imageboard 4chan experienced an increase in the usage of the derogatory slur "Wapanese". The moderators then used a word-filter, replacing every instance of Wapanese with “Weeaboo” which was a fabricated term originally coined by Nicholas Gurewitch in his Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip. Since then, paradoxically, the term was embraced and has become so popular as to transcend ...
