JAPANESE: ヤンママ / [やんまま, yanmama... §
§) Lit., “Yank
mom.. / “Yankee mom...” i.e.,
U.S. mother; American mom, probably just
a bit racist & xenophobic, Japanese don’t entirely accept outsiders, & as such used as an insult when refering
to biracial Japanese who indeed have Yank mamas. Etym., English loan
word, & abrrev. of = Yankee; loan word = mama
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