[willgoestocollege]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

I don`t find gaijin offensive. Do you find the word "foreigner" offensive? It`s just the word "foreigner" in Japanese abbreviated a bit like every other longish compound word in Japanese tends to be. If you`re not Japanese, surprise surprise, you`re a foreigner.

Exactly. I wouldn't find it offensive myself but I don't know why some people would.