What is true about English I love, America being flippant? (9)
I believe the answer is:
facetious
'flippant?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'what is true about english i love america' is the wordplay.
'what is true' becomes 'fact'.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'i love' becomes 'io' (I've seen this in other clues).
'america' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for the United States).
'fact' going around 'e' is 'facet'.
'facet'+'io'+'us'='FACETIOUS'
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for facetious that I've seen before include "Flippantly humorous" , "Jocular; frivolous" , "Inappropriately humorous" , "Intended to be amusing or witty" , "Using inapt humour" .)