Yank

1. a term used by the british to describe all americans.
2. a term used by american southerners to a. describe union forces during the american civil war; b. post civil war reference to americans from non-southern states.
3. slang for male masterbastion.
4. a term to describe pulling something very hard and fast (see number 3)
1. “oh, g-d! its a yank!”
2. a. “its a yank! shoot it!
b. john boy: “he called you a yank, billy bob”! billy bob: “no body call my a yank!i am going to shoot you, you limey b-st-rd!”
3. “are you yanking that thing again” or “go yank your w-nker”
4. “i yanked it so hard, i got blisters”

yank abroad

yank on holiday has camera to record images of culture

american tourist
a word used by brits, aussies, and various others to refer to americans. connotation can range from affectionate to pejorative. often -ssociated with tired stereotypes of americans being, of course, fat and stupid people who all drive hummers and love george bush (all 32% of us!) and can’t locate the planet earth on a map.

ironically, within the states, the term is used by the people who best fit said stereotype as a pejorative term for educated, left-leaning urban northerners.
chav on bus: oy, mate! d’yeh think ‘at fatty what jus’ got on is a yank, like?
university student next to him: it’s probably hard for someone who’s never left ess-x to understand, but…oh, nevermind. i like those burbory shoelaces in your trainers.
simple really..
a word used to describe american people
that man is from america.. he is a yank
an american. a person from america, originally a colony created by england set up on land they stole from the native americans.
the n-z-s are bombing london, mr. churchill! where are those yanks when you need them?
colloquial

1. term used by southern americans to refer to a northern american.

2. term used by foreign nations, chiefly britain and australia to refer to americans.

==> the term is thought to derive from dutch settlers in the 1600’s referring to the english colonials as ‘jan kees’ (john cheese) which entered our language with the spelling ‘yankees,’ as that is how it would sound in dutch. ‘yanks’ is simply a shortened form of it.
english guy: “those bl–dy yanks.”

redneck hick from the south: “yeehaw, thems yankies are’sa comin’, get the showtgun, yiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeep!!!”
to be a yankee from the north as opposed to a confederate from the south during the american civil war.
now just mean’s an american.
in the past…..
southerner: “i’ll get y’all yo’ d-mn, yankee.”
yankee: “f-ck off, hillbilly.”
nowadays…..
“the yank’s invaded iraq.”
to tug on something.
yank on this line, sailor.

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