5 Comments
Mike
1 year ago

Yankee (Yankī, ヤンキー) I’ve read, means “bad boy or girl” or delinquent youth.

Wonder if there are differences one should understand between Yankee and DQN.

And then ex-yankee? Old enough to be a homeowner I guess . . .

javjunkie
1 year ago
Reply to  Mike

lol

Blaster
1 year ago
Reply to  Mike

I always assumed that Yankee meant they were trying to pass the girl off as having grown up in America lmao

Last edited 1 year ago by Blaster
Mouse
1 year ago
Reply to  Mike

The two terms are somewhat related. DQN is the general term for a loutish or delinquent youth, while a Yankī is a type of DQN associated with motorcycle gangs and similar. Stereotypically, Yankī also commonly have hair that’s died blonde.

Steven Kupang 378
10 months ago

Yankee = American, right ?