Hey, hello, hello fellow Americans.
I have a list of things you probably say that confuse non-Americans everywhere.
Buckle up because here we go….
1.When a TV show says it airs at “8/7c.”
2.When someone identifies as a “hockey mom.”
What does it mean when Americans say they are a “hockey mom”? Their child plays hockey and they take him to practice?
3.When real estate listings say the house has “2.5 baths.”
4.When someone says they are “transferring to a 4 year school”.
What do Americans mean when they say “transfer to a 4 year school”? I thought all universities lasted 4 years
5.When Americans say “bite me”.
6.When someone is “punished”.
7.When Americans say, “I don’t disagree.”
8.The term “dive bar”.
9.The term “shopping”.
ten.When Americans use the expression “name of government”.
What do Americans mean by “government name”? I thought your parents were all calling you there
11.When Americans say they’re going to “cool off.”
What do Americans on TV/movies mean when they sexy say, “I’m just…going to freshen up 😏”. Do they wash their stockings or something?
12.The term “cheesy”.
13.When Americans say they “haven’t done __ in a minute.”
14.When Americans call someone a “tool”.
What do Americans mean when they say someone is a tool? It sounds like an insult, but the tools are useful.
15.What is “tailgating”?
16.When Americans say “period” after a sentence.
What do Americans mean when they say period after a sentence or something like that? Is this like saying a full stop? I’m confused :’D
17.When Americans say “sidebar” in conversation.
18.When Americans say they have “finals”.
19.When Americans say someone has “drank the Kool Aid.”
20.When Americans say “I’m just saying.”
21.When Americans use “blocks” as a form of measurement.
22.When Americans ask “what’s the 411 on that?”
23.What is pudding.
24.When Americans wish someone a “happy lateness”.
I never really knew why people say “lately happy”… Lol, what does that really mean and why do Americans say it?
25.When Americans use “football fields” as a means of measurement.
Why do Americans measure everything that happens on “football fields”? What does this mean to anyone else in the world?
26. When Americans say they’re from the “tri-state area.”
As Europeans, what do Americans mean when they talk about a “tri-state area”?
– DJ Smokey (@MAEC360TA) February 9, 2024
27. When Americans say “eat me”.
This has bothered me for years, but what do Americans mean when they say “Eat me!” » ?
– Andrew Woods 🇺🇦 (@andrewjwoods) July 15, 2022
28. When Americans say they want cream in their coffee.
What do Americans mean when they put cream in their coffee? do they have milk?
– Megan mcg (@_mexxan) February 12, 2021
29. When Americans talk about “fake cheese”.
What do Americans mean when they say “fake cheese”
– ᵇaddie 𓆩♡𓆪 (@sechanini) June 18, 2023
30. When Americans talk about the taste of McDonald’s Sprite.
what do americans mean when they say mcdonald’s sprite tastes different
– anto123arci 🇮🇹 (@anto123arci) September 26, 2023
31. When Americans answer “I’m fine” to almost every question.
What do Americans mean when they answer “I’m fine” to almost every question?
– Bible Jesus (@mrbiblejesus) January 30, 2024
32. When Americans say they just paid their taxes.
What do Americans mean when they say I just did my taxes? What is there to do??
– Mehreen (@reenythegenie) February 25, 2021
33. When American recipes call for “a stick of butter”.
What do Americans mean when they say a stick of butter, we use this big block of butter
— n 🍉 (@gIossfms) June 17, 2021
34. When Americans say they experience “Sunday scares.”
What do Americans mean by “(insert day) scary?” Is it like a bad mood?
– pen affleck 🫶🏾 (@findingmalo) May 27, 2022
35. When Americans call the UK “across the Atlantic”.
Do Americans really say “across the pond”?
–Angie (@dwinwediblino) April 4, 2020
36. When Americans say “sacred cow”.
Do Americans really say “Holy cow”? I need to know it.
—Meursault. (@llleeds69) October 2, 2022
37. The number of times Americans use “like.”
Do Americans really say likes every 10 seconds, or is it a reality TV thing?
— CC 🇻🇨🇹🇹 (@DaGirlShellyann) September 25, 2023
38. And finally, oatmeal. Just, what is this?!?!
What do Americans mean by oatmeal? Because I thought it was oats, but then what are parmesan grits???
– Bounty Lime🍻 (@kingneilz1) May 5, 2022
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