Slang Japanese: now a term of hostility and contempt
Jap
JAP- Japan
- Japanese
JAP
a young, upper-middle-class Jewish woman thought of as being materialistic, spoiled, self-indulgent, etc.: a term of ridicule or mild contempt
Origin of JAP
J(ewish-)A(merican) P(rincess)Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Jap
noun
Offensive SlangUsed as a disparaging term for a person of Japanese birth or ancestry.
JAP
noun
Offensive SlangA Jewish-American girl or woman regarded as being pampered or overindulged.
Origin of JAP
J(ewish) A(merican) P(rincess)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
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"Jap." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jap>.
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Jap. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Jap
