# What is the most unusual thing about the American diet to people of other nationalities?

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> Cloying = melty surely. That’s what I meant anyway.

Nope

> [@Acsenray](#):
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> I understand cloying to mean too sweet.

Yep

> [@jjimm](#):
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> Oh dear. I think I’ve been using that word incorrectly all my life.

Yep.

It means “too much of a good thing” basically (so you can get a cloying perfume, as well) - it’s related to clog (like, “clog up the drain”)

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