Ameriboo

English

Etymology

Clipping of America +‎ -boo.

Noun

Ameriboo (plural Ameriboos)

1. (Internet slang, often derogatory) A non-American person who is overly infatuated with American culture.

   Synonyms: freeaboo, Americophile

   • 2019 June 13, Reddit‎^[1], archived from the original on September 7, 2022, posted by a deleted user:

     [header:] Have you ever met an ameriboo?
     
     [body:] i.e. a foreigner with an inaccurate and over-idealised obsession with the US.

   • 2021 August 28, Kieran Press-Reynolds, Business Insider‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-08:

     Piker said he was always fascinated by American culture as a child and jokingly calls himself an "Ameri-boo,"

   • 2023, cinemaphile.com‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-04-14, anonymous user replying to: "Why isn't the insult "Ameriboo" as common ^[sic] used as the "Weeaboo" one?":

     Everyone in the world is an Ameriboo. Literally every non-American is obsessed with American culture.