yellow fever

Definition

A term describing a sexual or romantic preference for people of Asian descent, often used to characterize fetishization rather than genuine attraction. While it can refer to the actual tropical disease, in slang it's almost always about the dating preference (and is generally considered offensive by those it describes).

Example Usage

Some people think it's shallow to have a 'type,' but yellow fever crosses the line into treating an entire ethnicity as a fetish.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yellow%20fever&defid=776108)

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