Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?

Edit: Thanks for all your answers, especially the wholesome ones and those patient enough to explain it thoroughly. Since we (South Americans) and you (North Americans) use different models/conventions of continent boundaries, it makes sense for you to go by “Americans”, while it doesn’t for us.

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    The word I use most often aside from American is Seppo, which is derogatory rhyming slang (sep + -o, from septic tankYankYankee)

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      If somebody called me a seppo, I wouldn’t be offended, I’d just think they were kind of dumb. It’s just too silly to take seriously as an insult.

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      I’ve heard this in Australia but nowhere else. Is this Australian slang, or does somewhere else use it too?

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      Look at all the seppos getting cranky at this one :) I just came in to post Seppo but you beat me

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        Frankly, I’m not seeing any negative replies or downvotes.

        I’m a US citizen myself, though I live in and am also a born citizen of Norway. So being in basically a quantum superposition between being and not being a US-American, you could imagine that I’d have a bit of a specific perspective about the country, that would draw me to using words like “Seppo”.