I know there of a few that the colonists called the British during the American revolution (redcoats, etc.), but I can't find anything from the British point of view.
Does anyone know of any? Thanks!
Ever heard of the song "Yankee Doodle"? That started as a British song sung to mock the colonists- Yankee itself was a derogatory term, and Yankee Doodle even more so. The first verse (omitting the horse bit) basically says "That stupid hick American put a feather in his cap and thought it was the fanciest thing around." It was co-opted in the revolutionary period as a patriotic song, and remains so to this day.
P.S. 'Redcoats' is a good one, but an even better one is 'lobsterbacks'
Was "Redcoat" pejorative, or just descriptive?