asian adjacent
a term coined by comedian, actress, recording artist, designer, and author, Margaret Cho. It means someone who looks kind of asian, and might be somewhat , but not quite there.
Chelsea Handler: asian adjacent?
Margaret Cho: yea like John Gosslin, he looks kind of asian... but he has a white last name, and his green eyes throw me off. He's asian adjacent.
Margaret Cho: yea like John Gosslin, he looks kind of asian... but he has a white last name, and his green eyes throw me off. He's asian adjacent.