When ‘Merica the restaurant was announced, people wondered about its sincerity. A hub of patriotism in the East Village? A place for “celebrating and making fun of all things MERICA”?

A high school in Fort Collins will celebrate “America Day” after administrators vetoed the students’ previous idea to call it “Merica Day.” The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported Tuesday ...

But among officials' explanations for not going along with the idea in the first place was that "Merica is a slang term that is often used in a negative, ...