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[gook, gook] Pronunciation Key
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–noun Informal.
| 1. | guck. |
| 2. | makeup, esp. when thickly applied: She looks ridiculous with all that gook around her eyes. |
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–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
| 1. | a native of Southeast Asia or the South Pacific, esp. when a member of an enemy military force. |
| 2. | any dark-skinned foreigner, esp. one from the Middle East. |
| 3. | anyone who is offensive to others because of stupidity, coarseness, etc. |
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(gŏŏk, gōōk) Pronunciation Key n. Variant of guck. |
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(gōōk) Pronunciation Key n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent. [Perhaps alteration of earlier goo-goo, native inhabitant of the Philippines, Pacific islander.] |
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(gŭk, gŏŏk) Pronunciation Key n. Slang A thick messy substance, such as sludge. [Possibly g(oo) + (m)uck.] |
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1899, U.S. military slang for "Filipino" during the insurrection there, probably from a native word, or imitative of the babbling sound of their language to American ears (cf. barbarian). The term goo-goo eyes "soft, seductive eyes" was in vogue c.1900 and may have contributed to this somehow. Extended over time to "Nicaraguan," "any Pacific Islander" (World War II), "Korean" (1950s), "Vietnamese" and "any Asian" (1960s).
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| gook | |
noun |
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| 1. | any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge] |
| 2. | (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) |
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