сарафанное радио

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Russian

Etymology

Literally, “sarafan radio”, originally in reference to gossiping village women.

Pronunciation

Noun

сарафа́нное ра́дио (sarafánnoje rádion inan (genitive сарафа́нного ра́дио, nominative plural сарафа́нные ра́дио, genitive plural сарафа́нных ра́дио)

  1. (idiomatic) grapevine, bush telegraph, rumor mill (an informal person-to-person means of circulating news or gossip)
    • 2001, Елизавета Козырева, Дамская охота:
      Информа́ции никако́й. Сарафа́нное ра́дио говори́т, что и́щут каки́х-то кошма́рных террори́стов.
      Informácii nikakój. Sarafánnoje rádio govorít, što íščut kakíx-to košmárnyx terrorístov.
      There's no information available. The rumor mill says they're searching for some kind of horrible terrorists.
  2. (marketing) word of mouth

Declension