With the Norwegian government recently deciding to massively increase the US military presence in this country, I just really want to have some derogatory way of referring to Usonians in the Norwegian language. The problem is that I cannot find any good word for this: existing words fall short; foreign words I’m familiar with either don’t translate well, or don’t sound good when loaned, or aren’t easily understood; and I’m having a hard time coming up with a brand new word to fill this gap myself.

I’m hoping that by asking here that I might be able to find some inspiration, or perhaps even be enlightened about a Norwegian-language term that I didn’t know before.

  • NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    In Finnish it’s also “jenkki” as in a yankee. And AmeriKKKa itself is “Jenkkilä” which I suppose could translate as yankeeville or something.