'Pretty much teh same for "cheese-eating surrender monkeys." I heard it on The Simpsons in the '90s. It was a joke.

The next time I noticed it was on Fox News in 2003. Still a joke.

No normal American uses either of these phrases in everyday life.'

In england we thought it was bloody hilarious. we use the phrase all the time - rugby and football matches, wine tasting sessions, cross channel ferries, french restaurants, every time a Frenchman appears on telly, etc.

The french quite rightly think we are an uncouth nation.