In message , at 08:25:24 on Thu, 7 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:
There's a USA-ian meme along the lines of "I can't imagine how bad
something is". But they don't mean they are incapable of imagining it,
rather it's almost "I can't imagine (as in realistically foresee) such a
bad thing happening within my locality".

checks locality

Nope, still not in the USA...

In other news, some USA-isms travel to the UK. Didn't they teach you
that in Globalization 101?

My seat of education predates the USA so neither spells Globalisation
with a Zee nor offers "101" courses as an introduction to the subject
area....

But the good news is you spotted those two USA-isms (which have
travelled to the UK) and know what they mean.
--
Roland Perry