JAP
pronunciation
How to pronounce JAP in British English:
UK [dʒæp]
How to pronounce JAP in American English:
US [dʒæp]
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- Noun:
- a person of Japanese descent
Word Origin
- JAP (n.)
- acronym for Jewish-American Princess, attested from 1971.
- Jap
- Colloquial abbreviation of Japanese, by 1880 as a noun, 1892 as an adjective, not originally pejorative but became so during World War II. It was protested by Japanese before the war, but did not begin to be taboo in the U.S. before 1960s. For some years after World War II in American English the word also functioned as a verb, "to execute a sneak attack upon," a reference to Pearl Harbor.
Example
- 1. Any of you guys got a jap sword or flag ?
- 2. For a second , I thought you were a jap .
- 3. Are those jap prisoners ?
- 4. Are you a jap ?
- 5. Cause a jap 's a jap , right ?