noun Internet Slang

baka gaijin

BAH-kah GUY-jin · noun · offensive

Playful/derogatory 'foolish foreigner' stereotype.

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A tongue-in-cheek or pejorative label for a clueless foreigner, sometimes used self-deprecatingly by Western fans and sometimes as a stereotype within anime.

“He fumbled the chopsticks and laughed, calling himself a baka gaijin.”
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baka gaijin In A Sentence

He fumbled the chopsticks and laughed, calling himself a baka gaijin.

Origin & Usage

Japanese ばか外人 (baka gaijin), 'stupid foreigner', from baka 'fool' and gaijin 'outsider/foreigner'.

Variants baka gaikokujin

People Also Ask

What does baka gaijin mean?

It's a tongue-in-cheek or pejorative label for a 'stupid foreigner', from Japanese baka ('fool') and gaijin ('outsider').

Is baka gaijin offensive?

It can be — gaijin already carries an edge, and paired with baka it's derogatory. Western fans do sometimes use it self-deprecatingly as a joke.

Where does baka gaijin come from?

From Japanese ばか外人, combining baka 'fool' with gaijin 'foreigner/outsider'.

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