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Weeb (other)
Weeb, or ''weeaboo'', is derogatory slang for a Japanophile. Weeb or WEEB may also refer to: * Weeb Ewbank Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank (May 6, 1907 – November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach. He led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in ... (1907–1998), American football coach * WEEB, a radio station licensed to Southern Pines, North Carolina * WEEB, the Washer Electrical Equipment Bond, a bimetallic interface, intended to electrically bond a metal substrate with copper while minimizing galvanic corrosion. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanophilia
Japanophilia is the philia of Japanese culture, people A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of proper ... and History of Japan, history. In Japanese, the term for Japanophile is , with "" equivalent to the English language, English prefix 'pro-' and "", meaning "Japan" (as in the word for Japan ). The term was first used as early as the 18th century, switching in scope over time. Its opposite is Anti-Japanese sentiment, Japanophobia. The study of Japan is Japanology. Early usage The term ''Japanophile'' traces back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which was sakoku, before Japan became more open to foreign trade. Carl Peter Thunberg and Philipp Franz von Siebold helped introduce Japanese flora, artworks, and other objects to Europe which spiked interest. Lafcadio Hearn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeb Ewbank
Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank (May 6, 1907 – November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach. He led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in January 1969. He is the only coach to win a championship in both the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Raised in Indiana, Ewbank attended Miami University in Ohio, where he was a multi-sport star who led his baseball, basketball, and football teams to state championships. He immediately began a coaching career after graduating, working at Ohio high schools between 1928 and 1943, when he entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. While in the military, Ewbank was an assistant to Paul Brown on a service football team at Naval Station Great Lakes outside of Chicago. Ewbank was discharged in 1945 and coached college sports for three years before reuniting with Brown as an assistant with the Cleveland Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEB
WEEB (990 AM) is a radio station licensed to Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting a news/talk format. The station is currently owned by Pinehurst Broadcasting Corporation. History WEEB as it exists today was formed from the 1950 merger of two stations which started in the same year in the same town. The first station, WSTS, signed on at 990 kHz with 250 watts during the day, increased to 1,000 watts in December 1948. It was approved for operation by the Sandhills Broadcasting Corporation on March 27, 1947, going on the air on August 8. Just three months later, a second station went on the air in the same town. WEEB operated with 1,000 watts on 1360 kHz and programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and was owned by Sandhills Community Broadcasters. WSTS sued WEEB before it launched for slander, claiming that WEEB officials made false statements to advertisers to dissuade them from purchasing air time on WSTS. However, after a management change at WSTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
