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ABT en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of atomic buffalo turd.
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of American-born Taiwanese.
    • An insider/outsider from that uncanny island, stuck between the second generation ABT (American-born Taiwanese) with native fluency but little attachment to Taiwan, and the typical first generation FOB (Fresh off the Boat) immigrants with emotional ties but not enough English, I come with both a deep bond to that which has long gone and a deep understanding of someone else's language. 2015, Sheng-mei Ma, The Last Isle: Contemporary Film, Culture and Trauma in Global Taiwan, London: Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., →ISBN, page 5:

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