Yankeeism

English

Etymology

Yankee +‎ -ism

Noun

Yankeeism (plural Yankeeisms)

1. An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
   • 1862, Theodore Winthrop, Edwin Brothertoft, page 100:

     When he was excited, the Yankeeisms of his youth came back to him.

Coordinate terms

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