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'Merican

or Mer·i·can

[ mer-i-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. contraction of American (often used humorously to suggest either a sarcastic or patriotic sentiment): I’m gonna get me some real ’Merican food.

    It’s easy to get lured into the ’Merican appetite for more, more, more.

    I’m gonna get me some real ’Merican food.



noun

  1. contraction of American (often used humorously to suggest either a sarcastic or patriotic sentiment): Most of the guests in this hotel are ’Mericans, just like us.

    By Thursday, we’d had quite enough of these ’Mericans.

    Most of the guests in this hotel are ’Mericans, just like us.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of 'Merican1

First recorded in 1820–25; by loss of initial, unaccented syllable of American ( def ) (in the sense “pertaining to the United States of America”)
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Example Sentences

Simpson Imports sells its canned and boxed tomatoes, as well as tomato sauces and a tomato paste, under its “San Merican Tomatoes” brand, which it said was made with a “proprietary blend of Roma tomatoes.”

The interpreter should “move out of the shadows of Magellan,” said Ahmad Murad Merican, a professor at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization of the International Islamic University Malaysia.

Portrayed in European accounts as subordinate, the interpreter has since been discussed as a “diplomat and a linguist” who sparked interest in “Malay navigation skills, boat building and the expanse of Malay travels across the oceans,” Merican said.

Portrayed in European accounts as subordinate, the interpreter has since been discussed as a “diplomat and a linguist” who sparked interest in “Malay navigation skills, boat building and the expanse of Malay travels across the oceans,” Merican said.

The interpreter should “move out of the shadows of Magellan,” said Ahmad Murad Merican, a professor at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization of the International Islamic University Malaysia.

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