Ugly American


Ugly American

n. An American abroad who is considered to be rude, demanding, or culturally insensitive.
[After The Ugly American, a novel by William J. Lederer (1912-2009) and Eugene Burdick (1918-1965).]

Ugly American

n a stereotypical representation of an American tourist as a brash and insensitive philistine [C20: from title of a novel (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick]