Anyway, back to “demo”. Yeah, we too use it in that sense and its equally as prevalent in that way as the other. More than anything else the giveaway is context… and who’s using it. Were I a salesman or something I’d probably use it predominantly in the “demonstrating a product” sense. But being involved with the activist community my default is to use it in the way… well, you know how.

It’s not unlike the British use of “scheme” to mean plan. Stateside the word “scheme” also means plan, but typically has a very negative connotation associated with it.

Isn’t it lovely how we are a common people, but don’t really always understand each other? I guess I’m at a bit of an advantage when it comes to British slang and such as I watch a fair bit of British television. Americans, on the whole, do not enjoy as much of modern British television as you do of ours. Or so I’ve been inclined to think.