When something or someone from a foreign culture is adapted/changed or adapts/changes itself to allign with american culture and/or american standarts. (usually also comes with the underlying perception of american culture as being either superior or "the standart", also read "US Defaultism")
It's a neutral term in itself, but it is most commonly used as a negative in discussions about american imperialism/soft power and it's impact on foreigners and their cultures, products and exports.
Another word used with similar meaning (but more broadly about "global north" cultural impact in other cultures) is "colonized"
Obs: People (usually from the "global north") talking about the same concept in defense of a foreign standart while actually not fully knowledgeable of the cultural context of said standart, usually uses "westernized".
It's a neutral term in itself, but it is most commonly used as a negative in discussions about american imperialism/soft power and it's impact on foreigners and their cultures, products and exports.
Another word used with similar meaning (but more broadly about "global north" cultural impact in other cultures) is "colonized"
Obs: People (usually from the "global north") talking about the same concept in defense of a foreign standart while actually not fully knowledgeable of the cultural context of said standart, usually uses "westernized".
"I had to send my son back to our village for a while to remember his roots, he was becoming too americanized"
"Friend 1#: It's 32ºC outside, please put on a top and shorts or you'll boil;
Friend 2#: I just don't like exposing myself like that;
Friend 1#: And you're going under the blasting sun with jeans and a hoodie like a wattpad protagonist? stop acting americanized and go put on some decent weather-appropriate clothes then"
"That gas station is so cheap they americanized, now you gotta put your own gas!"
"I hate americanized translations, they only loosely translate the words but not the sentence structure and even make up ones that just doesn't exist in our vocabulary"
"Friend 1#: It's 32ºC outside, please put on a top and shorts or you'll boil;
Friend 2#: I just don't like exposing myself like that;
Friend 1#: And you're going under the blasting sun with jeans and a hoodie like a wattpad protagonist? stop acting americanized and go put on some decent weather-appropriate clothes then"
"That gas station is so cheap they americanized, now you gotta put your own gas!"
"I hate americanized translations, they only loosely translate the words but not the sentence structure and even make up ones that just doesn't exist in our vocabulary"
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You: Doesn't look like there's anything going on here today; the library's empty.
Alex: What? That does not make American sense. The calendar said today was supposed to be the Club Meet.
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Usually applies to coastal Americans who have connections overseas.
Comes from the META app, What's App, which is highly used among international professionals.
Usually applies to coastal Americans who have connections overseas.
Comes from the META app, What's App, which is highly used among international professionals.
David: How was that dinner last evening at the brasserie?
Victor: Quite interesting, there were many What's-App Americans who pronounced the order correctly.
Victor: Quite interesting, there were many What's-App Americans who pronounced the order correctly.
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