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Americanese

Americanese proper noun: american English.

Proper noun

Americanese

  1. (derogatory, informal, often) American English
    • Researchers at the University of Cambridge have shattered the myth that Americanese has taken an unshakeable hold on the Anglophone world.2010, Paul Bignell, Queen's English still rules: We say tomato... as does most of the world

Origin of Americanese

From American + -ese.

Questions about Americanese

What does Americanese mean?
Americanese means american English.
What part of speech is Americanese?
Americanese is a proper noun.

Words near Americanese in the dictionary

  1. American woodcock
  2. American woodcocks
  3. American yew
  4. American yews
  5. Americana
  6. Americanese
  7. Americanesque
  8. Americaness
  9. Americanesses
  10. americani
  11. Americanian

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