it also makes me think of the Dalai Lama, and Thich Nhat Han, but that got me thinking about the term "gentleman" being too Occidental?

Years ago, I heard that the term "wog", which sounds racist, actually stands for "western oriental gentleman".

If so, the sound of the acronym has contaminated its meaning, and it is just as well that the term has fallen out of use. [At least, I think it has fallen out of use. Is it still in use anywhere?]