UKer

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 4 16:51:16 UTC 2011


Last summer I reported "USer" ("you-esser") used by people too squeamish to
say American. Now I find a parallel "UKer" :

Typical:

2009
http://perezhilton.com/2009-09-15-no-maniston-spending-time-with-john-mayer :
Uker – and calling a scottish person british is like calling someone from
new york a texan YOU DUMB FUCK

2010 http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/40382908.html : For
non-UKers, the Brit Awards are pretty much our version of the Grammys.

JL


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