n. A promise that's expressed by someone who doesn't fully realise the importance of keeping promises they make to someone else. This kind of promise is generally impossible to keep because the promiser has no influence or control over the situation whatsoever. Alternatively, these promises might get broken because the promiser, knowingly or otherwise, lacked the commitment or the know-how/energy/ability to fully see it through.
Derived from American (Hollywood) films and TV shows that contain characters, who make this kind of promise.
Examples of American promises:
1st Character: "Oh, no she's gonna die!"
2nd Characer: "No she's not. She's gonna live. I promise."
"I'll be there - I promise." Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jingle All The Way), In response to his son, Jamie, asking him to make it to his Karate Class.
Getting out of your car at a redlight and run around your car clockwise as many times as you can with an extremely large American flag.
I played American redlight today.
a sexual experience between three consenting adults (threesome) in which any sexual act is allowed as long as two of them agree to the act; a “true democracy” threesome in which a third adult must comply with any sexual act that the other two agree on.
My bro and I had an American Communist threesome with a woman last Saturday night and it was insane!
when scrolling or researching and theres some type fluent doubts need to reassure about. listening from social media or remembering not to be passive and grow out of it.
"i was watching tv there was a scary scene and i try to remember not to be that way (paranoid american} about the problem."
Canadians and Europeans are the most likely to have it. It's a sickness in which individuals live such uninteresting lives that their only source of enjoyment is hating on the world's greatest nation. The most common symptoms include flexing irrelevant geographic information that no one cares about, flexing free healthcare that comes with a tax rate four times that of the average American, and flexing colonial wealth from Africans' backs (Françafrique).
European: whats the capital, coat of arms, head of state and date of formation of Montenegro?
American: Who tf cares?
European: Bro you stupid American schools suck, smh
American: You got American Derangement Syndrome
A (not real) disease where a person has a massive freak-out when seeing someone being stupid and automatically assumes the person is an American, even with absolutely no evidence to support it.
Also known as: ADS (Abbreviation)
See also: Trump Derangement Syndrome
American Derangement Syndrome is much more common than the Trump variant
An irrational belief held by Americans that the U.S. is superior to other nations, particularly European countries, despite evidence of high crime rates and mass poverty levels, where 75+ million citizens cannot afford basic living costs like rent, groceries, healthcare, yet still defend the nation emotionally to save face and cope.
This can also apply to any western country with high cost of living that does not provide basic needs for its citizens such as Canada or the UK.
That boomer has american derangement syndrome, I can't afford rent and I'm living in my car!