Not an American, but this reminded me of Randy Baumgardner and Foggy Bottom.
“…a legislative intern, accused Baumgardner of sexual harassment in which he slapped her butt…”
You can’t make this stuff up.
I once heard a secondhand anecdote about an ad sales person at Dennis Publishing who had encouraged Novell to believe the ads featuring him were particularly popular and should therefore be repeated. Assuming that Novell were completely unaware of the UK meaning, that seems a bit cruel in retrospect...
(Known in the UK for a question on a quiz show that caused the host to lose his composure and be unable to stop laughing for a few minutes).