If somebody called me a seppo, I wouldn’t be offended, I’d just think they were kind of dumb. It’s just too silly to take seriously as an insult.
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Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
The word I use most often aside from American is Seppo, which is derogatory rhyming slang (sep + -o, from septic tank → Yank → Yankee)
Portosian@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Balthazar@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve heard this in Australia but nowhere else. Is this Australian slang, or does somewhere else use it too?
Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
NZ and UK use it too. I think I first learned it from a Brit.
Palerider@feddit.uk 8 months ago
We Brits generally use Yank, but Seppo is more Oz than UK. Though Aussie slang does tend to catch on on over here for some reason…
0ddysseus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Look at all the seppos getting cranky at this one :) I just came in to post Seppo but you beat me
Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Frankly, I’m not seeing any negative replies or downvotes.
I’m a US citizen myself, though I live in and am also a born citizen of Norway. So being in basically a quantum superposition between being and not being a US-American, you could imagine that I’d have a bit of a specific perspective about the country, that would draw me to using words like “Seppo”.