Yankism
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English
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Etymology
Noun
Yankism (plural Yankisms)
- (often derogatory) A word or phrase originating from or specific to American English.
- Synonyms: Americanism, Yankeeism
- 2003 August 24, Seppo Renfors, “The KRS Hoax - Part 1”, in soc.history.medieval[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-24:
- > While there may be SOME native born Americans who speak spanish or polish as their primary language, I can't believe there are very many.
By hell that Yankism grates BADLY on the ear. It is one that display GROSS stupidity, as it is apparently a NEED for you to define the fact that people are indeed "born" as opposed to assembled from cadavers to some kind of a bitsa or whatever else might lurk in those dark corners of your mind!
Coordinate terms
- (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism