Life americanisms British slang
Brits are sharing the increasingly common Americanisms that they are really not happy about it – 17 words and phrases that should be tariffed with immediate effect
9.
Who is doing this? Fuck off please. I saw someone call their trip a vacation the other day. Wanted to drop kick them.
— Matt Guest (@Guesty22) September 13, 2026
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Should be deported along with any Brits who say “anyways”. Welcome to fuck off to America if they want to beg their culture so much https://t.co/coqDHmPGhx
— Tom (@tomvinall00) September 13, 2026
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“Mom”
‘Mum’, dipstick. https://t.co/ZtcubRvCrt
— . (@panvalues) September 14, 2026
12.
Yes.
Or saying vacation https://t.co/NIw838IfAd— Vyé Nèg (@hd_kamanyok) September 14, 2026
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and using y’all over text like who r u https://t.co/QdJEp5kp98
— 찡구 ᵉⁿᵃⁿᵃ ᶜᵃᵇᵉᶻᵒⁿᵃ ❤️ (@jin99u) September 13, 2026
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Too many people calling them elevators as well does my head in
— Smurfvid (David but as a smurf) (@ThatGuyDavo) September 13, 2026
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And calling it math. Shut the fuck up.
— Jimmy Pockets (@Punkmffr) September 13, 2026
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grown ass people calling it a shopping cart instead of trolley or the parking lot instead of a car park the yankification of english needs to dieee https://t.co/tTXw03uWWx
— benophie thinker (@skzdreamsvt) September 13, 2026
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When UK people say trash I die a little https://t.co/hHGQ1Yi18f
— CVP-RXVGE(V2)_OBSCURA (@CVP_RXVGE) September 13, 2026
Source: Twitter @gabrielledisco