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Originally Posted by CleverCowboy
I'm not sure if the phrase "girl next door" is something that is used in countries outside the US. Maybe some of our members can chime in on this.
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If you were to ask people here in Australia what "the girl next door" refers to, probably a decent percentage of people would've either heard it in an American film/tv show, or if not could probably guess something close enough to what it means.
It's not a phrase people would be likely to use in casual conversation though. I think I've only ever heard it used in an American context online or in media.
But the US is so darn good at exporting its culture whether good or bad that people in other English speaking countries often know a fair bit about American culture.
It's easy as a non-American to laugh at (some) people in the US that know so little about the outside world, and that bit of laughter is sometimes valid, but when such a huge percentage of films, music, websites, brands, apps etc come from the US, at the very least you can't deny the insane level of influence the US has on the world. Got a little side tracked here haha.