Dictionary

Yankism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Yank + -ism.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, often) A word or phrase originating from or specific to American English.
   • The word is 'lose' not 'loose' - please, no yankisms in here. 2002 November 29, Guig, “OT Ebberdeen to loose manager”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.celtic (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
   • I think "rosebud" may be a Yankism. To me it means a torch with a head on it about as big as your fist, which throws a gigantic amount of heat. 2004 January 7, Grant Erwin, “Oxy/Acet torch question”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
   • I had thought that 'coon' was a Yankism for raccoon, having learned that it isn't, I am pleased that I didn't use the word inadvertently to insult people that I met in Yankland. 1996 October 16, Peter H.M. Brooks, “Racist horseshit”, in uk.legal (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
   • > 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! 2003 August 24, Seppo Renfors, “The KRS Hoax - Part 1”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:

Forms

Synonyms

Yankeeism · Americanism