Racial slur for asians?

[ViRaLRuSh]

I heard someone who is asian, tell me they hate "fobs". Is that a racial slur for asians? if so, what does it mean?

 

[bradruth]

I've never heard it before.

 

[pyonir]

"fresh off the boat"

 

[nan0bug]

FOB = Fresh off boat

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: bradruth
I've never heard it before.

Same here.

 

[pyonir]

I've heard it used for any number of immigrants from any nation overseas...(Ireland, England, France, etc)

 

[imported_FishTaco]

I think it refers to Fresh off the Boat, as opposed to those who were born here.

edit: typo

 

[GasX]

If they don't like fobs, then tell them to get a wristwatch...

 

[ViRaLRuSh]

oh ok, thanks....no offense to anyone

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: pyonir
"fresh off the boat"

Ah, I have heard that. If you'd said "F-O-Bs" then I may have recognized it.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: pyonir
"fresh off the boat"

Ah, I have heard that. If you'd said "F-O-Bs" then I may have recognized it.

i don't think i've heard it any other way other than saying the word fob.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
If they don't like fobs, then tell them to get a wristwatch...

*rimshot*

 

[simms]

Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas) and the more well off Asians will drive Lexus, BMWs and the like.

Most FOBs are usually rich, having Mommy and Daddy making money in Hong Kong or Japan and wiring money over to the kids here. I've seen 19 year olds with $10,000 from their parents MONTHLY and blowing it on GOD knows what... they drive BMWs and own their own houses... quite ridiculous and unfair, but that's life.

 

[GambiT]

I thought fobs were those things on key chains...

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: simms
Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas, Lexus, BMWs and the like).

How is BMW rice?

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: simms
Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas, Lexus, BMWs and the like).

How is BMW rice?

Didn't mean it that way. Just that the luxury car of Asians usually tend to be Lexus/BMWs and on occasions Benz's.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: pyonir
"fresh off the boat"

Ah, I have heard that. If you'd said "F-O-Bs" then I may have recognized it.

i don't think i've heard it any other way other than saying the word fob.

And I haven't heard it any other way than spelling it out.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: simms
Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas, Lexus, BMWs and the like).

How is BMW rice?

Didn't mean it that way. Just that the luxury car of Asians usually tend to be Lexus/BMWs and on occasions Benz's.

Then why didn't you say "almost all Asians drive rice/luxury (Toyotas, Hondas..."?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: bradruth
And I haven't heard it any other way than spelling it out.

:thumbsup:

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: simms
Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas, Lexus, BMWs and the like).

How is BMW rice?

Didn't mean it that way. Just that the luxury car of Asians usually tend to be Lexus/BMWs and on occasions Benz's.

Then why didn't you say "almost all Asians drive rice/luxury (Toyotas, Hondas..."?

:roll: Fixed.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: simms
Ok.. thank god you've got a Toronto/Vancouver boy here. CBCs are the asian kids grown up in Western culture, the rnb/hiphop guys that are thugged out on the streets. Normally don't speak a word of Asian languages. Whitewashed is the term (immersed/washed in white/western culture).

FOBs are NOT necessarily from an Asian country (aka Fresh off the Boat) but is rather one who follows Eastern cultures and values. These cultures include always paying for your girl at meals, movies ANYTHING, taking cute pictures with your fingers in a V, talking in loud Chinese (or whatever) and listening to Asian music. Also known to wear very... outward colours, orange, yellow, pinks, greens and reds are very common.

FOBs and CBCs are hard to mix. My girl is FOB and I'm CBC, so we each pick up values from the other culture (much like how if like an Indian person and a Polish person got together). FOBs and CBCs usually share nothing in common except their skin colour and the fact that almost all Asians drive rice (Toyotas, Hondas, Lexus, BMWs and the like).

How is BMW rice?

lol I was wondering that too....

 

[DingDingDao]

depends on where you're at...in Dallas (where I went to HS), people say Eff-Ohh-Bee...but here in LA, where I went to college, people just say Fob.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: simms
:roll: Fixed.

LMAO. I was just f-in with ya.

 

[pcmodem]

History is full of one group of people trying to invent reasons that they are better than another group.

These days, it amuses me to often hear young 2nd generation Asians (teens through 30s) rip on 1st generation as being FOBs or FOBby.

It also really amuses me when one ethnic group, which is presently getting ripped on as being FOBby because they are recent immigrants, a decade or two later starts ripping on the next immigrant ethnic group as being FOBby.

Whatever.

People need to lighten up.



Cheers, :beer:
PCM

 

[CanOWorms]

It's not a racial slur, but it could be used in an insulting way. Lots of people use it.