Yankeeism

English

Etymology

FromYankee+‎-ism.

Noun

Yankeeism(pluralYankeeisms)

1. AnAmericanword, phrase or custom; anAmericanism.
   • 1862,Theodore Winthrop,Edwin Brothertoft,page100:

     When he was excited, theYankeeismsof his youth came back to him.

Coordinate terms

• (dialectisms)dialectism;Americanism(Yankeeism,Yankism),Australianism,Britishism(anglicism,Briticism),Canadianism,Indianism,Irishism,Scotticism,southernism,New Zealandism

Derived terms

• anti-Yankeeism