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  • Tinaundefined Offline
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    A derrogatory term used for the purpose of describing a korean. (Obtained form the korean pronunciation of their country, Hangook.)

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      A term used to describe Koreans. Gook is still a controversial slur. Some Koreans may take it as a joke but some may take as a serious racial slur.
      The history behind it is that during the Korean war, an American approached a Korean.
      The Korean did not understand the American, instead he pointed at him and called out Mi Gook which means America in Korean. The American then mistakened the Korean and thought the Korean was refering to himself as a gook. After the Korean War, American started to refer to Koreans as Gooks for short term thinking it was a short name for Korean.
      There are many different stories where gook came from such as korean foods or HanGOOK.

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        a racial slur used against asians mostly people of korean and vietnamese descent.

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          Fuck Nigga

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            a foreigner, especially a person of Phillipine, Korean, or Vietnamese descent. also see [chink]

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              Gook is to Asian as nigger is to African American.

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                A gook is a vietnamese farmer, but its also used as a term of endearment in middle-class societies in the US.

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