Ameritude (America + attitude)
The USA Freedom Kids performed on January 14, 2016 in Pensacola, Florida, at a political rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. To the tune of “Over There” (1917), they sang “Freedom’s Call” with the lyrics:
Ameri-tude…
USA!
American pride…
USA!
It’s attitude, it’s who we are
Stand up tall…
“Ameritude” (America + attitude) was trademarked with a first used on October 21, 2015. The word had been used only infrequently before 2016. “Come out and join me in celebrating our Ameritude!” was cited on Twitter on July 4, 2009.
Twitter
Ben Shawver Photo
@BShawverPhoto
Shooting photos at rubber gloves tonight.
Come out and join me in celebrating our Ameritude!
Food/river boat gamblers will be there.
9:38 PM - 4 Jul 2009
Twitter
Dillion Evans
@Dfunk92991
Ameritude- The attitude held by extremely confident, hyper-American manly men
6:32 PM - 12 Dec 2012
Twitter
CALSGR8
@CALSGR8
@Pudge_Rodriguez Ameritude! Baseball and Independence Day! What could be better? Well maybe the weather. Hello from Natstown!
8:41 AM - 4 Jul 2015
Politico
The complete lyrics to the infectious ‘USA Freedom Kids’ song from the Donald Trump rally
By Nick Gass
01/14/16 05:57 PM EST
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Ameri-tude…
USA!
American pride…
USA!
It’s attitude, it’s who we are
Stand up tall…
CBS News
By REENA FLORES CBS NEWS January 15, 2016, 5:00 PM
At Trump rally, USA Freedom Kids flaunt their “Ameritude”
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For the 2016 cycle, the USA Freedom Kids’ rendition of “Freedom’s Call”—a pro-Donald Trump take on an old World War I propaganda anthem—is probably not that song.
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The song contains such refrains as “Ameritude! (USA!) American pride! (USA!)”
YouTube
Donald Trump’s Freedom Kids: Ameritude Forever!
Invasion of Privacy
Published on Jan 22, 2016
The year is 2024. President Donald Trump nears the end of his second term. For the first time in eight years, Trump’s Freedom Kids reveal their identities to the world.
Freedom Kids: Sydney Harris, Miranda Parham, Adella Rae
Interviewer: Carson Nicely
Produced by: Nicely Made Media
The What & The Why
Ameritude
POSTED BY: DAVID WAYWELL 25TH JANUARY 2016
The portmanteau was new to me yet instantly familiar. Many times I’ve wanted to describe the uniquely American attitude but I didn’t have a suitable contraction by which to express it. Now I have and I’m sure that I will. Combining ‘America’ with ‘attitude’ produces ‘Ameritude’. It fits nicely in the mind. It somehow feels like a proper word.
I first heard the word shortly before Donald Trump appeared before an audience in Pensacola, Florida last week. Before he arrived on stage, we were entertained with a display of pure ‘Ameritude’ by a group of three young Rockettes known as the ‘Freedom Girls’. They performed the catchy little ditty called ‘Freedom’s Call’ that gifted the word to the world.
Ameritude! (USA!)
American pride! (USA!)
It’s attitude, it’s who we are, stand up tall.
Twitter
Jimmy Dreakanos
@synchronaut
One year count down to the word ‘Ameritude’ being added to the dictionary.
9:13 PM - 27 Jan 2016
Urban Dictionary
Ameritude
Donald Trump’s euphemism for fascism.
His strong Ameritude would not let him apologize for freedom.
by FreedomLover1776 April 26, 2016
OregonLive
USA Freedom Kids to sue Trump
By Lizzy Acker | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on July 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, updated July 26, 2016 at 11:59 AM
You remember the USA Freedom Kids. The three preteen girls dressed in red white and blue who took the internet by storm in January when when they performed at a Donald Trump rally in Florida. The trio did a choreographed dance while lip-synching to a song to the tune of “Over There” with lines about Trump like, “Deal from strength or get crushed every time,” and “President Donald Trump knows how to make America great.” The Freedom kids even coined the term “Ameri-tude.”
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