Yankophilic

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fond of or admiring the United States or American culture. informal, not-comparable

    "The local, predominantly white bourgeoisie tended to disparage salsa as música de monos—monkey music—just as in Puerto Rico, affluent, Yankophilic rock fans (rockeros) deprecated salsa lovers by the similarly racist term cocolos (loosely, “coconut-heads”)."

Synonyms

All synonyms
yankophile

Example

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"The local, predominantly white bourgeoisie tended to disparage salsa as música de monos—monkey music—just as in Puerto Rico, affluent, Yankophilic rock fans (rockeros) deprecated salsa lovers by the similarly racist term cocolos (loosely, “coconut-heads”)."

Etymology

From Yank + -o- + -philic.

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