Sounds like a term created by those people who get weirdly upset at Americans being called Americans because "America is 2 continents so technically everyone from North and South America is American"

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The imperial origins of the term America.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Shouldn't the term be USAian?
Would have issues when expanded, but someone above mentioned that Mexico is United Mexican States

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I prefer usonian myself, but there's no official name shorter than "citizens of the US".

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Yew-ess-ay-ian doesn't flow like yew-ess-ian.

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