new word of the day

[cullman]

While driving a car with U.S. plates in Vancouver in the '60s I had bunch of kids yell "Hershey!" at me!

That brings back memories. Us Canuckleheads couldn't get Hershey chocolate bars...up here...back then.

cman

[lonewolf]

I believe Yank has simply become shorthand for Yankee, a catchall term for people from the USA.
However, in my long ago youth in a southern state, Yankee was a derogatory term reserved for those from non-Confederate states. Thankfully, although frequently spoken in jest, in most locales the word no longer is necessarily intended as an insult. but I could probably find you an exception..