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When did USian become a thing? Or rather, what's the etymological path into common use?
by j-bos 3y ago
When did USian become a thing? Or rather, what's the etymological path into common use?
- detaro 3y agoFairly sure that's an online communication thing. Wider geographic reach of messages + it works a lot better written than spoken, and it's been used at least since the early 2000s?
- adultSwim 3y agoA big push for it comes from the fact that many peoples, spread across two continents, identify as American. Our continents are the Americas.
- j-bos 3y agoThis I get, and have seen before (cool Mexican tv shows), but I'm more intersted in a detailed history of "USian"'s initial use and spread. So far I've only seen it on hn, but definitely more than I'd expect since it's such an odd to read word.