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China bug
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English
Noun
en US ethnic slur historical A fresh off the boat Chinese-American immigrant.
en 1977 w:Joe Fong Unemployment and Crime: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions on Unemployment and Crime https://books.google.com/books?id=N6YnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA820&dq=China+Bugs 820 The ABCs called us FOBs—Fresh Off the Boat—or China Bugs. Even the American-born Chinese referred to us as ‘Chinese’—as though they were not.
Usage notes
Used by American-born Chinese Americans.
References
1980 Lorraine Dong; Marlon K. Hom Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect Amerasia https://www.sweetstudy.com/files/322part11-28-pdf