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Polish
Etymology
From ustawiać + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈstaf.ka/
- Rhymes: -afka
- Syllabification: u‧staw‧ka
Noun
ustawka f
- (slang) pre-arranged fighting (e.g. football hooligan fights)
2006, “Na "ustawce" pobili policjantów”, in Gazeta.pl Rzeszów:W nocy z soboty na niedzielę ul. Kościuszki w Dębicy doszło do bijatyki. Policja twierdzi, że byli to pseudokibice dwóch dębickich klubów Igloopolu i Wisłoki. - To była tzw. ustawka - mówią funkcjonariusze.- At night, from Saturday to Sunday on Kośiuszki street in Dębica it came to fists. The police claim that they were pseudofans of the two local clubs Igloopolu and Wisłoki. "It was a so-called set-up," officers say.
2007, “Uczniowie organizują sobie "ustawki”, in Gazeta.pl Poznań, archived from the original on 22 June 2007:Młodzież organizuje nieraz tzw. ustawki - umówione bijatyki, z których słyną pseudokibice.- The youth are organizing sometimes the so-called set-ups - scheduled fights that pseudofans are famous for.
- (slang) pre-arranged social meeting
Declension
Further reading
- ustawka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ustawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN