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sillysaurusx 4 days ago

I know moot, but what’s the hiro part mean?

mostlysimilar 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

A Japanese man named Nishimura Hiroyuki bought and now owns 4chan. It's a mashup of their names.

Hamuko 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura

>Users on 4chan refer to him commonly as 'hiro' but also by the ethnic slur "gook moot", or the nickname "Jackie 4chan", "Hiroshima Nagasaki," or simply "hiroshimoot".

soraminazuki 3 days ago | parent [-]

That's kind of misleading because it lists hiroshimoot alongside blatantly racist nicknames. But hiroshimoot simply appears to be the names of two people mixed together.