" expat "

 [ "expat" ]

1: A word North Americans and Western Europeans like to use to avoid calling themselves immigrants.

  * e.g.,  ... Josh is an expat. José is an immigrant. 

 [ "expat" ]

1: A person that lives and works in a foreign country while acting as if they never left their home country.

  * e.g.,  ... James was unfamiliar with the local language and culture as he rarely ventured outside the expat bubble. 

 [ "expat" ]

1: A person taking up residency in another country.

  * e.g.,  ...  She got offered a regional position in her company's head office in Singapore making here an expat in that tiny city-state. 

 [ "expat" ]

2: Now most commonly used as term for those working in companies outside of their home country such as those with regional position and their family.

  * e.g.,  ...  Our new neighbor is an expatriate family from Argentina, family of the newly appointed Argentine Diplomat. 

 [ "expat" ]

1: An immigrant who refuses to learn/use the language of their new country, usually British people from the baby boomer generation

  * e.g.,  ... God that expat's so rude! Did you hear them pronounce croissant? Sounded like kroy-saint 

 [ "expat" ]

1: A migrant, generally from an English speaking country, with more money and/or attitude than the average citizen.

  * e.g.,  ... The locals should learn English so they can communicate with the expat community. 

 [ "expat" ]

1: An expatriate.

  * e.g.,  ... I moved to Thailand from America, making me an expat. 

 [ "Expat" ]

1: Immigrants, but they're white.

  * e.g.,  ... Why's this expat even here if she's gonna generalize the entire population like that!? 

 [ "Expat" ]

1: Expatriate - it means "immigrant" - it's a word created by white people so they don't have to call themselves "immigrants" when they leave their native country and go somewhere else.

  * e.g.,  ... "Nah, Jose's an Immigrant...not me..... I'm an Expat. " 

 [ "Expat" ]

1: What white people call themselves when they don't want to be called immigrants.

  * e.g.,  ... 90% of the population in Dubai consists of immigrants and expats. 

 [ "Expat" ]

1: Short for Expatriate - somebody who has left his or her homeland to live or work in another country, usually for a long period of time.

  * e.g.,  ... if one of these non-natives gives you lip: 

 [ "Expat" ]

2: OR my version:

  * e.g.,  ... 'hey a**hole, don't you get all expat on me!' 

 [ "Expat" ]

3: Expat in Dubai: constantly complaining and rude git with an ego the size of Asia. Other characteristics includes trying to live a lavish lifestyle on a meagre salary and continous road rage