Ugly American (pejorative)
Ugly American is a pejorative term used to refer to perceptions of loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless and ethnocentric behavior of American citizens mainly abroad, but also at home. Although the term is usually associated with or applied to travelers and tourists, it also applies to US corporate businesses in the international arena.
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Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise ...”
—Greta Garbo (1905–1990)
“Resolve to win—period—because that is the American system. You take either side—it doesn’t even matter which one—and you go on the attack.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)