укропитек

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Russian

Etymology

Украина (Ukraina, Ukraine) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ питек (pitek, austropithecus, brute). Originally coined in mockery towards Ukrainian nationalist beliefs about their country as "the oldest nation in the world",[1] later used to dehumanize Ukrainian nationalists and people in general as fanatics, or Ukraine itself as a backwards country.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: укропитэ́к)

Noun

укропите́к (ukropitɛ́km anim (genitive укропите́ка, nominative plural укропите́ки, genitive plural укропите́ков)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur, slang) a Ukrainian ultranationalist
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur, slang, by extension) any Ukrainian person

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