"Reid©" wrote:

Following up to Gerry

Care to educate us as to what the literary usage implies?

Please! Until I joined this group I had never heard the term and
I have never heard a European use it. What does it refer to?

There was a book, decades ago (1950s, perhaps?), called 'The Ugly
American'. Most of those who (mis)use the term, have never read the book.

Sheila