Americans on Twitter are gobsmacked at the UK's Poundland shop name, which they say carries a whole other meaning stateside.
The popular British discount store has caused fits of laughter on social media after an US author shared her horror at a photo of it in a retail park.
According to Margaret Owen, Poundland has an equivalent over the pond but unlike the American shop it can be interpreted as slang for a kingdom dedicated to sex.
Margaret's tweet on Tuesday has since been shared 13,000 times and liked over 110,000 times.
She captioned the snap of a Poundland: "Hi twitter I just learned that the UK edition of dollar tree is this and I may never recover."
From there a flurry of puns and innuendos followed on the thread.
Margaret added: "Brb drafting change dot org petition to rebrand the erotica section.
"Quick this is important, does poundland have a prime minister or a chancellor (I am American so I do not know the difference)
"I feel like “chancellor of poundland” hits harder, I would put that on my resume."
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Judging by the huge response to her post, Margaret was not the only one stunned by the supermarket chain where most items are sold for £1 each.
When a Brit innocently asked what was so funny, an American was only too pleased to politely explain.
They said: "Because in our alternate reality version of your language, it implies to us some serious adult action is going down, and we all want a passport to this land."
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Someone commented with a Google Maps image of a London shop called Pound Town, they said: "In London not far from where I am now, genuinely I don't think anyone will have ever made the connection to US slang, ever. i certainly didn't until I was told today…"
Jumping on the bandwagon someone poked fun at the name squirty cream, they captioned a photo of a Co-op own brand bottle: "Just wait until you see what they call whipped cream…"
The shop in itself was enough to baffle American Twitter users further. Laughing at their squirty euphemism, someone replied: "why cooperative?! why is this a team effort? WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE SQUIRTY CREAM?"
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