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An egg is a joking term for someone of Caucasian extraction who shows more interest in Asian culture (especially East Asian...Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc...) than Western culture, or who "acts Asian." This may include interest in Asian languages, dress, history, habits etc. The term uses the food motif of the more common banana, which describes the inverse: a person of Asian heritage who is more interested in Western culture. Look up Egg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Egg has multiple meanings: The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. ...
The term Caucasian race is used almost exclusively in North America to refer collectively to the people of European, Middle Eastern (Western Asian), and North African ancestry - a group commonly refered to as Whites, as defined by the American government and census bureau. ...
Culture of Asia is the aggregate of cultural heritage of the people of several nationalities, social and ethnic groups. ...
Leonardo da Vincis Vitruvian Man, for many a symbol of the changes of the Western culture during the Renaissance Western culture refers to the culture that has developed in the Western world. ...
Banana is a mildly pejorative term used to describe people who are white (Western) on the inside and yellow (of east Asia) on the outside. ...
The metaphor has to do with racial colors: a banana is yellow on the outside, white on the inside, and an egg is white on the outside, yellow on the inside. Similar metaphors, coconut or oreo, are used for people of darker complexions who "act white". A coconut is a common slur in the United States used to describe a person who is brown (Hispanic or Black) on the outside and white (Caucasian) on the inside. ...
An oreo is a common slur used to describe a person who is black ( African American) on the outside and white ( Caucasian) on the inside. ...
While the term egg is usually one of pride for the egg in question, other terms involving the notion of acting like another race can range from mildly to highly pejorative. It ties in with complicated issues like racism, separatism and notions of racial betrayal. A black man drinks out of a water fountain designated for black people in 1939 at a streetcar terminal. ...
Political separatism is a movement to obtain sovereignty and split a territory or group of people (usually a people with a distinctive national consciousness) from one another (or one nation from another; a colony from the metropolis). ...
Another, less known term is japoser. This phrase is used to describe someone who is interested in learning Japanese just to translate jpop lyrics or anime. J-Pop is a form of Japanese pop music. ...
A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to in the Western world by the portmanteau Japanimation. ...
A term related to egg which is pejorative is the term Wapanese, which is based on the expression Wigger. Wapanese deals specifically with a white person who is obsessed with Japan, often especially anime, and imagines him or herself to be an authority on Japan, yet usually lacks a real understanding of or respect for Japan. Wapanese tend to be middle class white teenagers or college students who feel alienated by Western society and imagine that they would be accepted in Japan. Wapanese is a derogatory slang term used to describe a caucasian person with a great interest in Japan and Japanese culture. ...
Ali G, the iconic wigger Wigger is a slang term used to describe a caucasian person who dresses, speaks, or otherwise behaves in a manner that is stereotypically associated with certain aspects of African culture — for example, speaking in African American Vernacular English (also known as ebonics). ...
A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to in the Western world by the portmanteau Japanimation. ...
A good or bad egg is also an English slang expression for describing someone as good or bad. "Bad egg" was often used as public-school slang in the late 19th century, as an analogous parallel between the foul taste of a spoiled egg and the emotional encounter with a "bad egg" person. The history of the usage "good egg" dates back to the early 20th century in educational institutions to describe agreeable and pleasant company; "an exclamation of enthusiastic approbation" according to the Oxford Dictionary. It is thought to be merely a literal inversion of "bad egg". The popularity and spread of these terms into mainstream language is said to have been influenced by such a usage in P.G. Wodehouse's Something Fresh in 1915. Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ...
Interestingly, "bad egg" is one of the few (possibly the only) English slang expressions that can be translated directly into Chinese, in which it is also slang and is understood to have exactly the same meaning (坏蛋, pronounced hùai dàn in Mandarin). Given the newer, racial spin on the term "egg" described above, this coincidence might be seen as humorous. It is unclear whether these two terms are cognate or simply coincidentally the same.
And an egghead is an intelletual person, a highbrow (Informal English).
See also Banana is a mildly pejorative term used to describe people who are white (Western) on the inside and yellow (of east Asia) on the outside. ...
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