▲ 7 ▼ What insulting words or phrases have you heard americans being called ? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by x4740N@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments I want to hear what insults you have heard others using to refer to americans
[–] x4740N@lemm.ee [S] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) My favourite is seppo permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Versatyle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) ??????????? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] salarua@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's Cockney rhyming slang. If you want to come up with a slang term for a something, you take something that rhymes "yank → septic tank" and then cut it down "septic tank → seppo" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jeebus, that's a lot of work. "Americans are loud and smell bad" seems so much easier. Maybe Americans are lazy time efficient with their communications. What a zinger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture. If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x4740N@lemm.ee [S] 8 points 2 years ago https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seppo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Versatyle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) ??????????? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] salarua@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's Cockney rhyming slang. If you want to come up with a slang term for a something, you take something that rhymes "yank → septic tank" and then cut it down "septic tank → seppo" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jeebus, that's a lot of work. "Americans are loud and smell bad" seems so much easier. Maybe Americans are lazy time efficient with their communications. What a zinger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture. If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] x4740N@lemm.ee [S] 8 points 2 years ago https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seppo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] salarua@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's Cockney rhyming slang. If you want to come up with a slang term for a something, you take something that rhymes "yank → septic tank" and then cut it down "septic tank → seppo" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jeebus, that's a lot of work. "Americans are loud and smell bad" seems so much easier. Maybe Americans are lazy time efficient with their communications. What a zinger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture. If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Jeebus, that's a lot of work. "Americans are loud and smell bad" seems so much easier. Maybe Americans are lazy time efficient with their communications. What a zinger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture. If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Part of the point (the whole point?) of rhyming slang is that it's opaque and convoluted. That's what makes it fun. It also makes it a bit of a shibboleth - you only understand it if you're part of the culture. If you're eating with an Australian and they ask you to "pass the dead horse", it means they think you're Aussie enough to know what it means. Or they know that you won't know what it means and they're fucking with you intentionally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x4740N@lemm.ee [S] 8 points 2 years ago https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seppo permalink fedilink source parent