Alternative word for resident of the United States because "American" is presumptuous or offensive or something

viking

good luck, columbard

Hail, hail, Fredonia!

More like Columbtard amirite?

Central North American

Hail, hail, Fredonia!

A land I didn't make uuuuup!

columbian makes even less sense than american since columbus didn't explore the U.S., and "columbian" if taken to encompass the U.S. should be just as broad as "american"?

Subject of Her Majesty the Queen

...although that could be confusing as it also applies to Australians </flamebait>

What's the difference between snomen and snowomen?

Or jazzmen and jazzwomen?

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Post-Native American

among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it.

This is dumb as dirt. Our name is the United States of America, so for short we're called America. Mexico's full name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos, so we can't really call ourselves the United States. Everything else is pretty much República de Guatemala (or Honduras or El Salvador, etc.). Belize is just Belize. Fuck anyone not having America in their name feeling entitled to call themselves American. Put America in your name or step the fuck off.

McPeople

yank

xxp lol whoa dude tell us how you really feel

maybe you can be american and be in belize, that's why it's called centroamerica

I live in amerie-ça, she treats me nice

Inhabitant of That Which is North of Mexico

Colonican is underappreciated as a coinage, imo.

oh man, does this mean that instead of being latino-american (or, as the census called me, 'hispanic') i get to a hyphenate colombian-columbian? or colombian-columbard? cuz... actually, those are all lame. i am just gonna stick with 'light brown'

columbian²

but y'know, the way things are headed in this lovely OBAMAnation of ours, it won't be long before we're collectively known as "The United Sheeple of America" or just "the herd". wake up, ilx!

statesman

Hmm hardly any of these are actually appropriate and the ones that are do not sound very good. I like Fredonian but wasn't Fredonia a fake country in a Marx Bros. film?

No word that incorporates "US" is good though because the letters U and S are not very easy to say a lot or quickly in succession.

My high school history teacher would sometimes say "you esser." Which I like, since he was such a great guy.

Usia

Eloi

or Idiocracian

(There is a real Fredonia in NY.)

It's The Land of Milk and Money

"Washingtonian" is getting mad slept on here

Vespuccian

xp it's like, everybody already associates "Washington" with America, so we don't lose any of the name recognition; plus it sounds fairly cool (maybe a bit too Anglo tho?), GW was a solid bro, etc. possibly Washington-staters would feel left out but they can just rename themselves Starbucks or w/e

Seppo

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"Washingtonian" is getting mad slept on here

― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Sunday, May 9, 2010 6:49 AM Bookmark

NO NO NO NO NO. As a Washingtonian (and btw "Washington State" is a college in Pullman, not a state), this whole idea can fuck itself raw.

I'm confused -- do u like being a washingtonian or wut?

among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it.

This is dumb as dirt. Our name is the United States of America, so for short we're called America. Mexico's full name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos, so we can't really call ourselves the United States. Everything else is pretty much República de Guatemala (or Honduras or El Salvador, etc.). Belize is just Belize. Fuck anyone not having America in their name feeling entitled to call themselves American. Put America in your name or step the fuck off.

― kkvgz, Saturday, May 8, 2010

but everything you mention is in the americas. those particular united states are of america, they are not america. bolivar declared that "nuestra patria se llama america" and he has informed much of what has gone on with kirchner, lula, chavez, morales, correa etc. in recent years, which is to say, the idea is of deep-seated significance to a south american sense of identity. it also informs the concept of pan-americanism. even with the sensibilities of latin america to one side, plainly the americas contain a multitude of nations, therefore claiming "american" for one nation alone must be a chauvinism at once parochial and imperialistic, even if that nation's name happens to declare that it is of america.

i don't hate "united stater" but it feels off grammatically, as if just one state has been united. i like USian if only as an informal sub. pronounced it works fine but i guess it looks hella non-standard as written.

After four months in South America, I have yet to meet anyone who gives a shit how Americans refer to themselves. They use other terms to refer to Americans anyway, I get called "gringo" all the time and I don't give a shit either.

but everything you mention is in the americas. those particular united states are of america, they are not america. bolivar declared that "nuestra patria se llama america" and he has informed much of what has gone on with kirchner, lula, chavez, morales, correa etc. in recent years, which is to say, the idea is of deep-seated significance to a south american sense of identity. it also informs the concept of pan-americanism. even with the sensibilities of latin america to one side, plainly the americas contain a multitude of nations, therefore claiming "american" for one nation alone must be a chauvinism at once parochial and imperialistic, even if that nation's name happens to declare that it is of america.

This always strikes me as primarily student-lefty trolling. Do any Latin Americans actually refer to themselves as "Americans" in any context not involving calling the United States out for imperialism?

you mean apart from the two examples i gave? behind velko's o.g. c+p are two more: one is the OED, and the other is Mencken writing in 1947 "The right of Americans to be so-called is frequently challenged, especially in Latin America, but so far no plausible substitute has been devised."

and you quoted the part about "even with the sensibilities of latin america to one side"...

there's nothing troll about it btw, for me it's quite matter of fact.

I'm confused -- do u like being a washingtonian or wut?

― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Monday, May 10, 2010 4:15 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I love being a Washingtonian and feel like my demonym is being stepped on.

dude, share the wealth -- there's no reason your johnny-come-lately state should get to hog the name of our FOUNDING FATHER

bolivar declared that "nuestra patria se llama america"

Do you think he actually meant that the name of his country was America or would you be willing to consider the position that he was speaking metaphorically?