пиндос
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Russian
Alternative forms
- пендо́с (pendós)
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek πίνδος (píndos). The modern sense (“a Yank”) originated in the late 1990s as military slang among Russian peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo.
In modern Greek slang, the original word now refers to someone who is unsophisticated.
Pronunciation
Noun
пиндо́с • (pindós) m anim (genitive пиндо́са, nominative plural пиндо́сы, genitive plural пиндо́сов, feminine пиндо́ска, relational adjective пиндо́сский)
Declension
Declension of пиндо́с (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- америка́нец (amerikánec) (neutral)
- америко́с (amerikós)
- а́мер (ámer)
- я́нки (jánki, “Yankee”)
Derived terms
- пиндо́ска (pindóska, noun)
- Пиндо́сия (Pindósija), Пиндоста́н (Pindostán), СШП (SŠP, “USA (pejorative)”, noun)