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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 5792174" data-attributes="member: 31216">I've never seen or heard the abbreviated form of "British" meant as anything but simply an abbreviation. Is there something offensive to the British with abbreviating it? Or is it something to do with grouping the English/Welsh/Scottish into one term? Or is there some other connotation with the it? The citrus reference I can understand that it could be offensive, mostly because I think it was somewhat meant to be offensive when it was originally coined a couple centuries ago. But every time I've heard/read it, it seemed to be used in a good-natured way. Like calling the U.S., "the colonies."Never heard that reference. Is that something real? It doesn't even seem relevant. I've read some misunderstandings of 'mer'can where some thought it was calling Americans the pubic covering rather than just an over-done accent. It's kind of funny when two people hear the term and one thinks it's a funny exaggerated accent and the other thinks it's an offensive insult.How about the well-known nickname for Australians and New Zealanders? Are they considered offensive? I've never read or heard them used with any apparent offense intended, but they aren't even abbreviations.Bullgrit</blockquote>