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minus-square@Beldarofremulak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoLOL TIL Yank => Septic Tank => Seppo “In the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, the term seppo, shortened from traditional rhyming slang yank ==> septic tank, is sometimes used as a pejorative reference to Americans.[60]”
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoJust to clarify it’s only an Australian term, dunno why its added UK and Ireland there.
LOL TIL
Yank => Septic Tank => Seppo
“In the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, the term seppo, shortened from traditional rhyming slang yank ==> septic tank, is sometimes used as a pejorative reference to Americans.[60]”
Just to clarify it’s only an Australian term, dunno why its added UK and Ireland there.