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Derogatory terms for Usonians in your native languages? (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago by Erika3sis@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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With the Norwegian government recently deciding to massively increase the US military presence in this country, I just really want to have some derogatory way of referring to Usonians in the Norwegian language. The problem is that I cannot find any good word for this: existing words fall short; foreign words I'm familiar with either don't translate well, or don't sound good when loaned, or aren't easily understood; and I'm having a hard time coming up with a brand new word to fill this gap myself.

I'm hoping that by asking here that I might be able to find some inspiration, or perhaps even be enlightened about a Norwegian-language term that I didn't know before.

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[–] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

A Mexican taxi driver once told me that "gringo" came from "green go" as well, but his explanation was that once you get your green card, you go. He definitely joking, of course, but interesting that there are two versions of the "green go" etymology.