warszawka

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Polish

Etymology

From Warszawa +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /varˈʂaf.ka/
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  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: war‧szaw‧ka
  • Homophone: warszafka

Noun

warszawka f

  1. (collective, derogatory) stereotypical inhabitants of Warsaw as a group
    • 2004, Jadwiga Staniszkis, Jerzy Sławomir Mac, Kazimierz Kutz, To nie to-- nie tak miało być: dialogi : Jadwiga Staniszkis, Kazimierz Kutz w rozmowie z Jerzym S. Macem, →ISBN:
      To kolejny przejaw porzucenia społeczeństwa przez władzę. Misja publiczna zapisana w kanonie telewizji publicznej nie istnieje, bo ta telewizja została zawłaszczona przez politykę i warszawkę.
      This is another manifestation of the state abandoning the society. The public mission written in the canon of public television does not exist, because this television has been appropriated by politics and the Varovians.
    • 2011, Czy jeszcze warto rozmawiać?, Wydawnictwo M, →ISBN, page 75:
      Te materiały wyjazdowe pokazywały też, że świat zredukowany w mediach do tego, jak żyje „warszawka” i co pokażą w telewizji, jest ubogi, niepełny i nieprawdziwy.
      These travel materials also showed that a world reduced in the media to how the Varovians live and what they show on television, is lacking, incomplete, and unreal.

Declension

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