Eagleland
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the 1994 video game EarthBound. Equivalent to eagle + -land.
Proper noun
[edit]Eagleland
- (slang, humorous) The United States of America.
- 2014 May 29, -screamin-, “I would like to watch MAoS Declassified, but I don't live in bloody Eagleland. Hmmph.”, in Reddit[2], shield, archived from the original on 2022-08-15:
- Please do excuse my French; I've been trying vainly for about an hour, and I'm ticked off. I've read the sidebar, I just want advice - is there a legal way to do this or...? It's not like Marvel fans only exist in America, I mean, they have two Brits in the freaking main cast, I reckon they should be aware of the existence of other nationalities by now. Isn't it good if more people watch it and decide to watch the show as a result? Anyway, my forehead hurts from frowning for ages at my screen - I'm going to go calm myself down with a cuppa. Sorry about the rant.
- 2020 December 3, Vicdomen, “I wasted €17 on the Monster Hunter movie, so ask me whatever.”, in Reddit[3], MonsterHunter, archived from the original on 2022-08-15:
- For some reason this movie released in The Netherlands before it released in Eagleland.
- 2021 July 26, Maleficent_Ad5102, “How good is everyone else’s tap water for drinking? Here in Eagleland it’s not as good as refrigerator water, and sometimes unpurified”, in Reddit[4], teenagers, archived from the original on 2022-08-15:
- It depends where in Eagleland you are, cities have worse tasting tap water while developed forest communities have tap water that slaps
- 2022 August 5, Otakubouzu, Twitter[5], archived from the original on 2022-08-14:
- This is basically a typical sight in Jakarta. To see this in eagleland is amusing and sad in same time.
- 2022 August 9, TGJR777, Twitter[6], archived from the original on 2022-08-09:
- On a positive note, hope Shin Ultraman comes around Eagleland during the holiday season.