Well, I just gave you an example of people from outside the US being referred to as Americans.  It&#x27;s a political issue, though, like the use of &quot;men&quot; to mean &quot;people&quot;, so you can&#x27;t solve it by appealing to common usage.  People who don&#x27;t like your usage are still offended by it even when they know it&#x27;s common.  And they probably won&#x27;t bother to talk to you, or, in many cases, even learn English.<p>Me, I&#x27;d prefer to be able to listen to them, especially since I live in Buenos Aires.  So I&#x27;m going to continue to not use &quot;American&quot; in that sense, which means I still don&#x27;t have a better alternative to the abominable &quot;USian&quot;.