Americanism
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An Americanism is a word, phrase or expression, commonly used in the United States, that has managed to escape from America to [pollute] the [wider] [English language].
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A word, expression, or other feature that is characteristic of American English.
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The [belief] that you should [carry] a [pistol] with you at all times.
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antonym of [Britishism]
Removing of vowels from the spelling of letters because the speakers accent does not pronounce them. See speech impediment, american accent or I dont like your voice so I wont buy your used car. Dropping of [us] is most common.
A British design that lost all meaning when American ..integrity... took it to [mass production] and cheapened it.
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[The sad] fact that America is [taking over the world], but well stop em!! I guarentee it!!! They cant take over [Australia]!!!
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a word or expression that was first used in the US but is now used by people in other countries, especially those where English is spoken:
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