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Jap

Noun CEFR C2
d͡ʒæp

Definitions

  1. The Japanese language.
  2. A Japanese person.
  3. Initialism of Jewish-American/Jewish-Australian princess: overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish American or Australian woman.
  4. Clipping of Japanese.
  5. Initialism of Jewish-American/Jewish-Australian prince: overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish American or Australian man.
  6. An Imperial Japanese Army soldier.

Equivalents

Españoljapajapo
FrançaisJap
DeutschJapse
8 more languages
Suomijapsi
NederlandsJap
Polskijaponiec
Portuguêsjapá
ไทยยุ่น

Examples

“He petered out under Pitty's savage look⟳: Do you speak⟳ Jap? Do you understand⟳ the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds?”
“He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen. “You speak⟳ Jap?” asked Cullen. “Looks like⟳ it, doesn't it?””
“Among our Japs on board⟳ are two returning from Italy, where they have⟳ been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell⟳. This has become⟳ a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take⟳ cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never.”
“The Japs had been confident that this first and sudden land⟳ grab⟳ could be accomplished without their becoming involved in a major war, and they were right.”
“Eww, you've got to check out her creepy friends.. It's like⟳ these JAP actress sluts and some American Gladiators reject⟳ lunkhead!”
“It took only the smallest hop of the imagination to picture her as an NYU undergraduate, a well-heeled JAP who did yoga, ate only vegetables and consented quickly to anal sex.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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