| 词汇 | americanism |
| 词源 | Americanism. In 1781 Dr. John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), wrote a series of es- says on “the general state of the English language in America.” He listed a number of “chief improprieties” such as Americans using “mad” for “angry,” etc., and coined the word American- ism to define them. |
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