eagleland osmosis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A phenomenon in which consumers of American media mistakenly assume that other countries' cultures are similar to that of the United States.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It's called Eagleland Osmosis."
- "Eagleland osmosis maybe? Sure, WB is an American studio but since the movies happen in Britain, they shouldn't shoehorn blatantly American measurements as the result. And besides, I'm sure many Americans have at least some knowledge of Celsius anyways."
- "I think a lot of things related to the legal system are vulnerable to Eagleland Osmosis, because many people never have any first-hand experience with stuff like getting arrested/sued, etc. and instead all their knowledge comes from shows and movies. For example, I thought for awhile^([sic]) that the right to make a phone call after getting arrested was a thing here as well."
- "think this is called "eagleland osmosis""
- "My LIfe Is Murder just had a guy referred to as having graduated summa cum laude from the London Business School - either this is a clue or somebody's sufgering^([sic]) Eagleland Osmosis :)"
- "That one is pure Eagleland Osmosis. In the US, the people get one shot at a conviction. If someone is found not guilty, they generally can not be tried again, even if new evidence comes to light."