Gaijin

by PiEdude on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:06 am

This is a Japanese term that is used to refer to foreigners.

It's root meaning is literally "outside person", but it is usually used to mean "degenerate" or "barbarian".

Wikipedia seems to be more biased towards Japan, because I've seen almost no mention of this on their page, and of the little mention there is, most of it is quickly retracted or "clarified" to ensure that we know that it really isn't that common.

So what do you think about this?

by **Angatar** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:21 am

You're standing up for Japan?

!

by PiEdude on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:22 am

What? Hell no!
This isn't me defending them, this is me pissed off at Wikipedia for being biased.

by **BBJynne** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:26 am

think about it this way pieman

the person who wrote that article had to know something about japan, and was probably japanese

by **Angatar** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:32 am

PiEman wrote:What? Hell no!
This isn't me defending them, this is me pissed off at Wikipedia for being biased.

You want them to add its orgin, which is Japanese, and are mad at the user for not putting that in.

by PiEdude on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:40 am

BBJynne wrote:think about it this way pieman

the person who wrote that article had to know something about japan, and was probably japanese

That's not how Wikipedia works.
The article was written, more was added on, and then there came a sudden flurry of adds and edits, and here it is today.

by Gold Spartan on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:42 am

Pie, quit bitching over one mistake at Wikipedia.

by **BBJynne** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:57 am

what are you doing using wiki for anyway?

the only thing it's good for is citing in research papers

by **CivBase** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:29 am

PiEman wrote:What? Hell no!
This isn't me defending them, this is me pissed off at Wikipedia for being biased.

Once again, you're standing up for Japan!?!?!

Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, we all know this. This is why schools typically don't let you use it for reports.

by **Angatar** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:40 am

I use wikipedia but then throw in some random crap from another site to make it look good.

by **CivBase** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:03 am

lol, me and my friend once changed the definition of ugly to your mom.

by Gauz on Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:07 am

Japan ftw..

Stupid Gaijin... the all of you!

EDIT: PiE, the same could be said about the word 'gay'. It once ment 'homosexual' or 'happy'. Now it means (although not literally) 'stupid' or 'dumb'.

by **Rasq'uire'laskar** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:18 am

Sigh... Am I the ONLY etymologist here?

Gaijin did not mean "foreigner" and was corrupted to "barbarian." It had the dual meaning (Because the two were one and the same to the Japanese) and now has the main meaning of 'foreigner', with a potential derogatory definition of 'barbarian'.

Gay meant happy. It didn't mean 'homosexual' until the 70's. Now it has the dual meaning of 'homosexual/stupid' with the (very) minor connotation of 'happy'.

by JumpingJet on Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:42 pm

Wiki is stupid anway, Anyone can go and change history!

by **Rasq'uire'laskar** on Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:51 pm

Wikipedia is correct, 99% of the time.
You have a few people going through and randomly changing stuff. And more people going through and changing it back.

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