post-Brexit

In a step that may stoke concerns in Britain that Brexit could hasten the fragmentation of the UK, diplomats are planning to ask leaders of the EU’s 27 post-Brexit member countries to endorse the idea in a summit on Saturday.

2017 April 28, Alex Barker, Arthur Beesley, Vincent Boland, “EU prepares for post-Brexit membership for united Ireland”, in The Financial Times:

Senior EU figures have attacked Theresa May’s post-Brexit immigration plan with the president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signalling that he expects a row with the British prime minister at an upcoming “moment of truth” summit.

2018 October 2, Daniel Boffey, “EU anger over May's post-Brexit immigration plan”, in The Guardian:

Tens of thousands of low-skilled migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year under proposed new post-Brexit immigration rules. The measure, which would last until 2025, is intended to protect parts of the economy reliant on overseas labour.

2018 December 19, “Immigration: White Paper sets out post-Brexit rules for migrants”, in the BBC:

Theresa May's government consistently rejected proposals and amendments to the 2018 Withdrawal Act to maintain current rights and protections post-Brexit. She appeared content to see the back of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, a huge loss which would mean less power to protect rights for women, and also to do away with the 2006 and 2010 Equalities Acts.

2019 November 25, Mary Honeyball, “Boris Johnson's Brexit day would be a dark day for women”, in The New European, archived from the original on 2019-11-27:

Member states, MEPs and the new EU commission are all gearing up to launch a discussion on the future of post-Brexit Europe early next year.

2019 November 26, Eszter Zalan, “EU gears up for post-Brexit renovation”, in The EU Observer:

‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit [title]

2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(European politics) Referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.


Ustashe

(fascism, history) Of or pertaining to Croatian ultranationalism.


Kremlebot

(neologism, derogatory) A person hired to make pro-Kremlin comments on social networks.

кремлебо́т

a Kremlin bot, a person hired to make pro-Kremlin comments on social networks or suspected in doing so; an online identity of such a perso


VHP

Vishwa Hindu Parishad
w:Vishwa Hindu Parishad

(Indian politics, Hindutva) Initialism of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Hindu nationalist organization.


America First

(US politics) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.


Swedistan

No, more likely the cowardly Swedes will move away and the MooSlimes will rename it Swedistan. / Swedistan - Future Capital of Eurabia.

2006 June 3, Anonymous Infidel - Scares away the primitives with fire, “Re: OFFICIAL SWEDEN SAYS MUSLIM RAPES, ETC. = OK”, in soc.culture.australian (Usenet):

The Islamic Country of Swedistan.

2016 January 6, MuahMan, “Re: Multiple accounts - OS X vs. Windows”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet):

[“]Swedistan has failed. The ethnic Swedes will soon become a minority. I give it maybe ten years. These new Swedes will have the right to vote and that will be the end of Sweden. In my opinion Sweden is no longer a country I recognize.[”]

2019, Cathrine Thorleifsson, Nationalist Responses to the Crises in Europe: Old and New Hatreds (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations), Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN, page unknown:

The hubris of “progressive” politics, and its relentless war against patriarchy, provide a pointed reminder that cultural evolution is 100 percent reversible, as Sweden's violent descent into “Swedistan” amply testifies. Today's “progressive” social democracy is tomorrow's “Stone Age” Islamic theocracy.

2019, Lou Marinoff, On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace, Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books, →ISBN, page 390:

(slang, derogatory) Sweden, viewed as an Islamic country because of immigration from Islamic countries.


Brexocalypse

2016 July 4, Alex Proud, “10 reasons to be cheerful (during the Brexocalypse)”, in The Daily Telegraph:

In Britain, stockpiling for the Brexocalypse has taken over from Black Friday shopping as the consumer event of the year, with reports of everything from wine to tins of chilli con carne being hoarded in the name of #takingbackcontrol – but should we be doing the same?

2018 December 18, Jennifer O'Connell, ““Brexit stockpile: Favourite foods you might not know are British”, in The Irish Times:

How should we, on our small island in Spain be preparing for an inevitable and impending Brexocalypse?

2019 March, “Galley Goddess”, in The Islander Magazine, page 116:

(UK politics) The negative economic and political impact of Brexit.


Xiism

From Xi + -ism, potentially modeled on Dengism and Maoism.

Could language be introduced into the party charter that subsequent generations might look back on and identify as the early precursors for something grander, say the eventual adoption of a new "-ism" (say, "Xi-ism" with Confucian characteristics) at a future Party Congress?

2017 August 21, Carl Minzer, “‘Xi-ism’ could erupt into China’s grandiose party institutions”, in The Australian Financial Review, →OCLC, page 10:

Based on a Gramscian analytical framework inspired by Bob Jessop, this article provides an anatomy of Xiism (2012–) as an emergent hegemonic project

2019, Andreas Møller Mulvad, “Xiism as a hegemonic project in the making”, in Review of International Studies, volume 45, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, abstract, page 449:

Whether Xiism represents an updating of Maoism, reflection of a contemporary “populist” moment in global politics, or both is another question of clear relevance to the analysis of charismatic leadership in the current and likely future setting.

2021, José Pedro Zúquete, Routledge International Handbook of Charisma, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Xiism constitutes an ideology defined entirely by the metric of the Chinese struggle for greatness in the existing world.

2021, Luke Cooper, Authoritarian Contagion: The Global Threat to Democracy, Bristol University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:

The political philosophy practised by Xi Jinping.


swadeshist

(India) One who supports a policy of swadeshi.


blood and soil

Originated in Nazi Germany. Calque of German Blut und Boden.

Originator of the Nazi blood-and-soil racial theory, Richard Walther Darre became Agriculture Minister in July, 1933, and announced that his chief aim was to make Germany independent of the world in respect to her food supplies.

1953 September 6, “R.W. Darre Dead; Hitler Minister”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Representatives of this line of thought around the world are, in many cases, echoing eco-fascist ideas that themselves are rooted in an earlier age of blood-and-soil nationalism.

2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian:

white nationalism
white nationalism#English

A nationalist or Fascist ideology linking a particular ethnicity or heritage to a particular geographic region, as in the concept of Lebensraum (“living space”) in Nazi Germany or white nationalism in the United States.


Hindutvist

A supporter of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism.


homonational

(LGBT) Of, pertaining to, or supporting homonationalism.


Singapore-on-Thames

An allusion to various English towns called (name)-on-Thames, and the economic success of Singapore after its separation from Malaysia. London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is situated on the River Thames.

The idea that London might have a post-Brexit future as a kind of deregulated “Singapore-on-Thames” is one of the more curious notions to have emerged in the three and a half years since the UK’s citizens voted narrowly to leave the EU in the fateful June 2016 referendum.

2019 December 17, Howard Davies, “Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics, economics) A proposed model for the United Kingdom after Brexit, involving laissez-faire free trade unencumbered by regulation.

en:River Thames
en:Singapore
en:Singapore-on-Thames


pro-Slavic

en-adj

pro-Slavic (comparative more pro-Slavic, superlative most pro-Slavic)

more pro-Slavic (comparative)
most pro-Slavic (superlative)

Relating to or exhibiting pro-Slavism (positive or favorable attitude towards Slavic peoples)


Lukashism

From Lukashenko + -ism or borrowed from Russian лукаши́зм (lukašízm).

(neologism) The political and economic system created by Alexander Lukashenko / Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

лукашы́зм

the political and economic system created by Alexander Lukashenko


Faragism

From Farage + -ism. From Nigel Farage, a British politician.

(British politics, informal) The ideology, practice, philosophy and politics espoused by British nationalist autonomist sovereigntist politician Nigel Farage, the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and, Reform UK.


heteronationalism

en-noun

heteronationalism (countable and uncountable, plural heteronationalisms)

(neologism) The association of a nationalist ideology with heterosexual ideals used against LGBTI people and as an antagonism of countries where LGBTI rights have been legislated.


moral police

A special police force in some conservative countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Malaysia that enforces religious laws by punishing sinners.


rice bag

Ricebag Poperverts who sip blood of Jessus should be the last one to mock bhakts :)))

(India, religious slur, ethnic slur) A Christian, especially one who has just embraced Christianity.


Putinista

Supporter or advocate of Vladimir Putin.


Norway-plus

From the similarity to Norway's arrangement, with plus denoting the addition of a customs union outside of EFTA.

European Economic Area
European Economic Area

(UK, politics) A proposal for a post-Brexit settlement that would have consisted of membership of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area as an EFTA member state, combined with a separate customs union with the European Union.


war of independence

war of independence (plural wars of independence)

A civil war by which a rebellious party achieves its independence from a state or ruler.


Porkistan

Blend of pork + Pakistan. Consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam, Pakistan’s predominant and official religion. By surface analysis, pork + -i- + -stan.

Coordinate term: Endia

(derogatory, offensive, slang) Pakistan.


Garveyism

The black nationalist policies of Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), Jamaican journalist and racial campaigner.


max fac

(UK politics, historical) A rejected proposal to resolve the Irish border issue of Brexit by introducing technology and legislation that would streamline customs arrangements; ultimately the Northern Ireland Protocol was implemented instead.


librandu

(India, derogatory, politics, slang) An ardent supporter of the Indian National Congress or its leader Rahul Gandhi.


rashtravadi

Borrowed from Hindi राष्ट्रवादी (rāṣṭravādī).

bor+

The Hindu rashtravadis should take lessons from the fate of Pakistan which due to the stupidity of its leaders lost its eastern wing and remains united with great difficulty and repression.

1991, Islamic Perspective: Volume 7, Issue 2, Bombay: Institute of Islamic Studies, page 440:

Attempts to ‘unify’ the Hindus into being Indian rashtravadis are bound to produce similarly disastrous results, as we can see from the continuous ethnic strife in Pakistan.

1998, Madhu Kishwar, Religion at the service of nationalism and other essays, Delhi: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 274, →ISBN:

The Congress-led UPA government has interpreted the electoral verdict of Lok Sabha elections of May 2004 as a defeat of religion-based politics of Hindu Rashtravadis and the victory of the secular political formations.

2006, Chandra Prakash Bhambhri, Sonia in Power: UPA Government, 2004-2006, Delhi: Shipra, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 187, →ISBN:

(chiefly India) A nationalist, especially a Hindutvist or supporter of Hindutva.


namazi

From Urdu نماز (namāz), Urdu نمازی (namāzī), and their source, Persian نماز (namâz).

(India, Pakistan, Islam) A devout Muslim.

(India, Pakistan, Islam, Internet slang, derogatory) A Muslim, especially a bigot or a religious extremist.


regrexiteer

(UK politics) A person suffering from regrexit (a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it).


Jaichand

From Jaichand, Hindi variant of Sanskrit Jayachandra, a Gahadavala king whose rule immediately preceded the Ghurid Muslim conquest of much of India, and who was unfairly accused in the poem Prithviraj Raso of conspiring with the Ghurids against India in order to defeat his rival Prithviraj. From Hindi जयचन्द (jaycand), from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + चन्द्र (candra, “moon”).

2021, Devdutt Patanaik, MumbaiMirrorhttps://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/someone-who-subscribed-to-a-larger-idea-one-that-went-beyond-the-self/articleshow/78467866.cms
But in Hindutva mythology, Jaichand is the archetypal traitor because of whom Muslims are able to invade and conquer India, overpowering the valiant Rajputs.

(India, politics, slang, derogatory) One who opposes Hindutva and supports its enemies, a traitor, especially a race traitor.


bhagwa

Transliteration of Hindi भगवा (bhagvā, “saffron”). Saffron is a sacred colour in Hinduism, and it is also associated with ultra-nationalist Hindtuva groups.

translit

(Indian politics, Hindutva, slang, derogatory) a Hindutvavadi, a supporter of Hindutva or Hindu nationalism.


sanghi

From Hindi संघी (saṅghī), from Hindi राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (rāṣṭrīya svayansevak saṅgh), a Hindu nationalist right-wing group in India. Ultimately from Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).

der

राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ

sanghification

making something more closer to Hindu nationalism

BJP leaders including H Raja posted clips of old newspapers and posters to support Rajini’s [Rajinikanth, an Indian film actor] claim about the Salem rally, while the DMK and its allies mocked the actor for "superficial" comments and aligning with right-wingers even before launching his political party formally. Hashtags like "Can't apologise" and "Sanghi Rajini" were trending through the day.

(India) a Hindutvavadi or a Hindu nationalist or patriotismic.


dissident right

It is not known who has coined the term, but it refers to a collection of right wing groups that do not fit into mainstream right wing categories. This can include White nationalism, Nationalism, National Socialism, Fascism, Neo-Absolutism and other ideas.

It’s a battle that’s both personality-driven and ideological, between supporters of Spencer and the “alt-right” more generally and supporters of the “dissident right” or the so-called “America First” movement, led in part by 22-year-old Nick Fuentes, a former conservative radio host and Unite the Right attendee who is growing in popularity with the white nationalist movement.

Other groups identify as “mainstreamers” or the “dissident right” and attempt to move mainstream politics to accept white supremacist ideas.

(US politics) Far-right political groups who oppose mainstream conservatism, promoting more radical beliefs such as opposition to LGBT rights and non-White identity politics, anti-Semitism, white nationalism and white supremacy, and traditionalist nationalism.


pre-Brexit

(European politics) Referring to the time before Brexit.


God Emperor

God + Emperor. Its use in reference to the Emperor of Japan is from a calque of Japanese 天皇 (tennō), literally "heavenly sovereign/emperor", referring to the emperor's descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu.
For the second usage, from far-right Internet users depicting Donald Trump as the God-Emperor of Mankind, a character from the British science fiction tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. This tabletop game has become popular among far-right Internet groups for its satirical militarist themes.

The meme was from Trump's cameo at WrestleMania 23 a decade prior, and in it he tackled WWE owner Vince McMahon before pummeling him on ... Several of his fellow users were congratulating him for getting “the God Emperor's” attention.

2017, Jared Yates Sexton, The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage, Catapult, →ISBN:

Just days after his election, Trump reaffirmed his campaign commitments to shut down Muslim immigration by signing an ... and with the election over and the man the AltRight called “the god emperor” on his way to the White House, ...

2017, George Hawley, Making Sense of the Alt-Right, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:

To the 4chan boys Trump was a hero, the social failure in chief, a clown prince. They called him the God Emperor, a swaggering fat Daddy, who, as one commentator put it, would put a car in every white man's drive and an Aryan woman in ...

2018, Javaad Alipoor, The Believers are But Brothers, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

“Trump is willing to say what most Americans think: It's time to deport these people,” Anglin declared, ... and avid campaign volunteers, referring to Trump with extravagant nicknames such as “Our Great God Emperor,” “the Nimble ...

2018, Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, American Jewish Year Book 2017: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities, Springer, →ISBN, page 136:

Pepe had already been frequently portrayed as a Trump supporter on social media sites. ... a quick browse through the rabid Trump sub-Reddit the_donald will notice many of its members exalting the politician with the title “God Emperor."

2019, Grant Kien, Communicating with Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 190:

... Donald J. Trump'.46 This 380,000-strong group refers to Donald Trump as 'daddy' and 'the God Emperor',and gains its identity by standing against liberalism, feminism, intellectualism, and much more besides ...

2019, Fay Bound Alberti, A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 130:

Trump won. They'd made these Photoshopped pictures of Trump flying around on his victory horse, through the gates of heaven, with a crown on his head and his golden sword. They call him the God Emperor.” “That sounds awful.” “I know.

2019, Blake Nelson, The Red Pill: A Novel, Bombardier Books, →ISBN:

Our Glorious Leader has ascended to God Emperor.”1 Ten days after Trump's election, the National Policy Institute, the generically named but emphatically white-nationalist think tank led by professional racist Richard Spencer, ...

2020, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, Legacy Lit, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, US politics, humorous) Donald Trump, American politician and 45th president of the United States.


femonationalist

en-adj

femonationalist (comparative more femonationalist, superlative most femonationalist)

more femonationalist (comparative)
most femonationalist (superlative)

In the final analytical section, we offer examples of ways in which feminists have tried to actively contest femonationalist tendencies.

2018, Maja Sager, Diana Mulinari, “Safety for whom? Exploring femonationalism and care-racism in Sweden”, in Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 68, May-June 2018:

The femonationalist territorialisation of Muslim men as sexual offenders may be exemplified with the Sweden Democrats, who in that op-ed in Wall Street Journal argued that Sweden's high rape figures are due to an 'open-door immigration' of particularly men from Muslim countries […]

2020, Lucas Gottzén, Kalle Berggren, “The rape capital or the most gender-equal country in the world?: Masculinity, hybridity and young men's intimate partner violence in Sweden”, in Lucas Gottzén, Margunn Bjørnholt, Floretta Boonzaier, editors, Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence, unnumbered page:

Femonationalist discourse is increasingly utilized by both Hindu and Buddhist nationalist representatives to figuratively rescue women from what they deem are the oppressive structures of Islam.

2021 September, Andrew Malji, “Gendered Islamophobia: The nature of Hindu and Buddhist nationalism in India and Sri Lanka”, in Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, volume 21, number 2:

Related to, characteristic of, or espousing femonationalism.


Five Poisons

Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China

(politics) Five groups regarded by the Communist Party of China as threats to their rule: Uyghur and Tibetan supporters of respective independence movements, Falun Gong adherents, and supporters of Chinese democracy and the independence of Taiwan.


New Right

Nevertheless, advocates of individual freedom not only continue to exist, but are increasing in number. Refugees from the Old Right, the Old Left and the New Left, they are organizing independently under the New Right banner of libertarianism. The birth of the New Right occurred when libertarians finally accepted the fact that they had been abandoned by the liberals, used and misled by other radicals and sold out by the conservatives.

1971 January 10, Stan Lehr, Louis Rossetto, “The New Right Credo–Libertarianism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries:

(US politics) A conservative political movement formed during the 1960s and 1970s in response to the liberalism of the New Left.

While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right.

2001, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Hanif Kureishi, page 89:

(UK politics, historical) A strand of conservatism influenced by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, committed to economic liberalism as well as being socially conservative.

Employing the lambda symbol, identitarianism has gained increasing purchase amongst youth across western Europe, and France in particular, growing out of the (European) New Right (Nouvelle Droite), which dates to the 1970s and GRECE (Research and Study Group on European Civilization).

2020, Tim Nieguth, editor, Nationalism and Popular Culture, Routledge, →ISBN:

(European politics) The European New Right.


Ramrajya

Borrowed from Hindi रामराज्य (rāmrājya).

(India, Hinduism) The reign of Rama's rule in the kingdom of Ayodhya, in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

"The VHP will now focus more on establishing ' Ram Rajya ', a harmonious society based on equality, where every person will be treated with dignity." - Alok Kumar

(India, Hinduism, Hindutva) a government or society ruled under Hindutva.


Ukronazi

Borrowed from Russian укронаци (ukronaci). Influenced by anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia as a result of Russian propaganda depicting Ukrainian nationalism as a neo-Nazi regime. By surface analysis, Ukro- + Nazi.

In a sad and tragic way, the Ukronazis have achieved their dream – they have created an anti-Russia, a polar opposite of the Russian civilizational realm.

2015 May 6, Oleg Smirnov, “they know that they are a fraud”, in alt.russian.z1 (Usenet):

Not to be undone, the Ukronazis have also taken a highly significant step: the Ukrainian Prime Minister has declared that he thinks that the irregular forces currently enforcing the blockade should be considered official border guards (as for these soon to be "border guards", they have explained that for their main border post shall be called "nightingale" in honor of the Nachtigall battalion of the Nazi Abwehr).

2017 March 6, Mikael Forsberg, “The Donbass Is Breaking Away from an Agonized Ukraine”, in swnet.politik (Usenet):

Last week, following the imposition of a total blockade against Novorussia by the "Ukronazis" [Kiev regime], Russia declared that she will from now on recognize the official documents emitted by the DNR and LNR authorities.

2017 March 23, Vngelis, “What is Happening in the Ukraine right now...”, in alt.politics.socialism.trotsky (Usenet):

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Ukrainian nationalist, especially one showing Russophobia and anti-Russian sentiment.

Le Monde
Russian information war against Ukraine
The New York Times


National Bolshevik

en-noun

National Bolshevik (plural National Bolsheviks)

An adherent of National Bolshevism; a nazbol.


National Bolshevism

A neo-fascist ultranationalist ideology primarily originated from Russia that combines strong elements of classical fascism with economical communism.

民族ボルシェヴィズム

みんぞくボルシェヴィズム


Akhand Bharat

Transliteration of Hindi अखंड भारत (akhaṇḍ bhārat).

translit

(Hindutva) A state proposed by Hindutva supporters that claims several other nearby countries and regions as former Hindu or Indianised cultures such as Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia. This superstate also includes the rest of South Asia and sometimes Tibet and Yunnan.


Sanatani

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सनातनी (sanātanī, “of the eternal [way], Hindu”).

lbor

(India, Hinduism, religious slur, politics) a traditionalist Hindu


libbu

(India, politics, derogatory, vulgar, Internet slang) A liberal, a leftist.

raita

a conservative Hindu who does not support Hindutva


sarkari Muslim

The usage of sarkari as a negative term originated from Khalistani supporters who condemned Sikhs who supported the government of India. It was later adopted by Muslim activists and nationalists within India.

Shahbagi

equivalent term in Bangladesh used for liberals and opponents of Islam

(India, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A Muslim who supports India, especially the BJP and Hindutva, at the expense of other Muslims, a Muslim Indian race traitor.


Ghar Wapsi

Transliteration of Hindi घर वापसी (ghar vāpsī, literally “to return home”), from घर (ghar, “home”) and वापसी (vāpsī, “return, coming back”). The term owes to the Hindu nationalist ideology that all people of India in ancient times were Hindus, so by converting to Hinduism they were returning to the religion of their ancestors.

translit

(India, Hinduism, Hindutva) Conversion of non-Hindu people to Hinduism.


Jesusland

From Jesus + -land, implying that Republican states are historically and traditionally religious.

(slang, derogatory, humorous) A collective term describing the numerous US states who typically vote for Republican candidates in US elections.

red state

referring to states that overwhelmingly support Republican politicians


Ukrofascist

[…] and through to TV news reports and talk-shows recounting phantasmic atrocities committed by “ukro-fascists”, from cannibalism to child crucifixion to the “genocide” of Russians in East Ukraine.⁵

2014 April 1, Julie Fedor, Andriy Portnov, Andreas Umland, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: Sociographic Essays on the Post-Soviet Infrastructure for Alternative Healing Practices (Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society), volume 1, number 1, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2:

In many Russian circles, the narrative surrounding the conflict in eastern Ukraine borrows from the rhetoric of World War II, with talk of “liberating” cities now under Kiev’s control and even retaking Kiev from U.S.-backed “Ukrofascists.”

2015 May 8, Maria Antonova, “Putin’s Great Patriotic Purge”, in Foreign Policy:

She held a poster stating that [Belarusian President] Alexander Lukashenko is working with “Ukrofascists.”

2017 June 2, Lincoln Pigman, “Inside Russia’s National Liberation Movement With Pavel Merzlikin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

For starters, we need to say what this voice is not. It's certainly not the naive slogans about a “junta” and “Ukrofascists” that are repeated like a mantra in the DPR ranks. They had to work their way to that.

2022 February 28, Stanislav Aseyev, In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas (Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:


Urduwood

Four, although Baahubali is not a Bollywood film, Baahubali trolls resent the success of Bollywood’s three Khans, because they are non-Hindus – hence the “Urduwood” taunt.

(India, Hindutva, informal, Internet slang) Bollywood.


Putinite

(politics) A supporter of Putin or of his policies.


Dashnak

Borrowed from Armenian դաշնակ (dašnak). The forms with T- are from the Western Armenian pronunciation.

(politics) A member of Dashnaktsutyun, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890.


Banderism

(politics) The political movement or philosophy of Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), a Ukrainian nationalist politician.


Hetmanite

(historical, politics) A supporter or follower of the United Hetman Organization, a Ukrainian conservative monarchist organization.


Melnykite

From the name of OUN leader Andriy Melnyk + -ite.

Coordinate term: Banderite

(historical, politics) A follower of the moderate faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

Andriy Melnyk (Ukrainian military leader)


Eurostan

Yeah, and guess what, I still don't care. And by "the rest of the world"
you're referring to Eurostan and Muslim nations.

2004 November 22, Don Swayser, “Terrorism in Iraq”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

Ok, let them all receive their lessons from the imams in Arabic and
Urdu. I think all of the European countries should do this, since the
native Europeans will be dhimmis soon enough. With it becoming Eurostan
and all.

2006 April 28, Evron, “'Separate laws for Muslims' idea slammed (Sweden)”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):

It is remarkable to me that the overwhelming majority have not turned
towards radical Islam because that sure as hell is where many on the right
would like to see them go on this group and their talk of 'Eurostan',
'Londistan' and all other manner of derisory comments is designed to make
them feel, "if that's how they see us, we might as well be that ( better to
die on our feet than live on our knees )".

2007 September 27, The Happy Hippy, “Iran president's ignorance”, in soc.culture.iranian (Usenet):

true, since it becoming Islamic Republic of Eurostan

2007 November 14, GeekBoy, “Why I hate America”, in alt.politics.immigration (Usenet):

I don’t think Orwell foresaw this multicultural superstate. This is something new. All we can be sure of is that this Eurostan—the new European superstate now in the making—will be a multicultural dystopia rife with race wars, gang rapes, cheap foreign labor, widespread unemployment for the dispossessed White minority, bullying bosses, cowed workers, overflowing prisons, fatcat lawyers, psychotic politicians, police state surveillance, fabricated news items, false flag attacks, demoralized families, dysfunctional children, schools for morons, mass suicides, manufactured diseases, promoted perversions, drug addiction, gambling, prostitution, pornography, serial killers on the rampage, and nonstop mindless entertainment for the zombified masses.

2016 September 3, track...@yahoo.com.au, “Germany: Rape on an Industrial Scale...”, in alt.politics.socialism.trotsky (Usenet):

(derogatory, offensive) A supposed future Europe which has undergone Islamization.


Mazepite

(historical, uncommon) A follower or supporter of Ivan Mazepa.


sickularism

(India, Indian politics, derogatory) Secularism, viewed as being anti-Hindu.


Tukde Tukde Gang

Borrowed from Hindi टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग (ṭukṛe ṭukṛe gaiṅg), from Hindi टुकड़ा (ṭukṛā, “fragment”). Coined by the journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, later popularised after an alleged video of Jawaharlal Nehru University students calling for India to be divided during a protest.

bor+

टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग

(India, Indian politics, Hindutva) Leftist mass-media groups and companies that oppose Narendra Modi's administration and Hindutva.


Godi media

en-noun

Godi media (countable and uncountable, plural Godi medias)

From Hindi गोदी (godī, “lap”) + media, referring to the mentioned media as “lap dogs” of Narendra Modi. Coined by journalist Ravish Kumar.

(uncountable, India, Indian politics, derogatory) Mass media that supports Narendra Modi and Hindutva.


Jai Shri Ram

Borrowed from Hindi जय श्री राम (jay śrī rām).

(Hinduism) "Victory to Lord Rama"; a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Rama.

ജയ് ശ്രീ റാം

jayŭ śrī ṟāṁ


Duginism

(politics) The political ideology of Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.


Greater Bangladesh

(Indian politics, Bangladeshi politics) A conspiracy theory circulated by far-right Indian politicians and writers claiming a planned annexation India’s eastern states by neighbouring Bangladesh.

Indian politics; Bangladeshi politics; Indian politics; Bangladeshi politics


zwastika

From Russian Z + swastika, comparing the Russian nationalist usage of the Z letter to the Nazi German swastika as a symbol of war against Ukraine. See the Russian section on Z for more information.

(slang, neologism, derogatory) A Z letter used by Russian nationalists, usually to support Vladimir Putin or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.


Ruscism

Borrowed from Russian раши́зм (rašízm) or Ukrainian раши́зм (rašýzm), blend of Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia (chiefly derogatory)”) + фаши́зм (fašízm, “fascism”), the first an unadapted borrowing from English Russia. Compare Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”) or Ukrainian Росі́я (Rosíja, “Russia”).

blend

Pro-Ukrainian commentators also used the word Rashizm. Derived from Rasha (from the English “Russia”), combined with the Russian fashizm, and perhaps best translated as “Ruscism,” this term is . . .

2015, Elizaveta Gaufman, “Memory, Media, and Secularization: Russian Media Framing of the Ukrainian Crisis,” in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (→ISSN), v 1, n 1, pp 160–61

Pro-Ukrainian commentators have also used the word ‘Rashism’ (conflation of ‘Russia’ and ‘fascism’) to emphasize the aggressive intentions of Russia.

2016, Elizaveta Gaufman, “Security Threats and Public Perception: Digital Russia and the Ukraine Crisis” (New Security Challenges series), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p 107

On the other side, a large segment of the Ukrainian press has been presenting the Putin regime as fascist: commentators have coined the nickname Putler (Putin + Hitler) and the term Rashism, which conflates Russia and fascism.

2020, Marlene Lurelle, “Reductio ad Hitlerum as a New Frame for Political and Geopolitical Conflicts,” in Eric Shiraev, Jennifer Keohane, Martijn Icks, and Sergei A. Samoilenko editors, Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management, New York and Abingdon: Routledge, p 315

[…] science, and science-based ultramodern technologies (AI) invented for progress have transformed into cynical means of conducting the third world war by immoral intellect of the ideologists of Ruscism [4].

2020 April 27, Actual problems of science and practice, International Science Group, →ISBN, page 175:

“We have beat fascism, and we will defeat Ruscism,” said Pavel Kirilenko, governor of the Donetsk region, who arrived with heavily armed guards to lay flowers at the monument.

2022 May 10, Michael Schwirtz, “Invasion upends a shared World War II history with Ukraine”, in The Boston Globe, volume 301, number 130, page A8:

(politics, neologism, slang, derogatory) Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist.


century of humiliation

Derived from Chinese 百年國恥／百年国耻 (bǎinián guóchǐ). Coined in 1915 in opposition to the Twenty-One Demands by the Japanese Empire.

(politics, historical) The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1949.


Rashism

Borrowed from Ukrainian ра́шизм (rášyzm), Russian ра́шизм (rášizm); originally formed from Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia (derogatory, slang)”) + фаши́зм (fašízm, “fascism”).


russist

en-adjective

russist (comparative more russist, superlative most russist)

more russist (comparative)
most russist (superlative)

From Ukrainian раши́ст (rašýst), itself a blend of Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia”) (derogatory) + фаши́ст (fašýst, “fascist”).

blend

(politics, neologism, derogatory) Of or relating to Ruscism (“Russian fascism”).


russist

(politics, neologism, derogatory) A follower of the ideology of Ruscism (“Russian fascism”).


Macaulay's children

Sanatani

a devout Hindu who values traditionalist Hinduism

From Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician who made English the language used by higher levels of formal education in India. The term refers to his views towards traditional Indian culture and the Hindu religion, which he described as stagnant and unfit for the modern world.

(India, derogatory, slang, politics, ethnic slur) Indian people who reject their native culture in favour of westernization.


Khalistani

en-adjective

Khalistani (comparative more Khalistani, superlative most Khalistani)

more Khalistani (comparative)
most Khalistani (superlative)

From Khalistan + -i. Derived from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān, literally “place of Khalsa”).

der

(India) Related to Khalistan, a name for the Punjab region of northern India.


Hindumisia

From Hindu + -misia (as in misogyny or misotheism). Sometimes used as an alternative to the word Hinduphobia, to point out hatred towards Hindus or Hinduism as opposed to being afraid of Hindus or Hinduism.

(India, neologism, rare) Hatred of Hinduism and Hindu people.


Lutyens' media

From Edwin Lutyens, a British architect who designed the city of New Delhi, which was also known as "Lutyens' Delhi".
Because it contained the Parliament building, it was also known as "Lutyens' zone", and the name "Lutyens" became associated with leftist politicians.

(India, derogatory, slang, Hindutva) Leftist-aligned mass media.


Hindumisic

en-adj

Hindumisic (comparative more Hindumisic, superlative most Hindumisic)

more Hindumisic (comparative)
most Hindumisic (superlative)

(India, politics) Opposed to Hindutva or Hindu nationalism.


Jai Hind

Borrowed from Hindi जय हिंद (jay hind), from जय (jay, “hail to, victory”) and हिंद (hind, “India”). Coined by Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian freedom activist.

(India, politics) "Victory to India", a patriotic slogan raised to salute or celebrate India.


urban Naxal

Coined by Indian filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam, a 2018 book about his 2014 film Buddha in a Traffic Jam. Referring to the group's alleged ties with communist militants for left-wing beliefs, support for socialism, and hostility to Hindu nationalism.

(Indian politics, derogatory, slang, chiefly Hindutva, politics) a liberal or a leftist.

Indian politics; chiefly Hindutva; Indian politics; chiefly Hindutva


patsoc

(communism, Internet slang) A supporter of socialist patriotism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory) A Marxist-Leninist who supports chauvinist positions.


patsoc

(communism, Internet slang) Supporting socialist patriotism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory) Supporting Marxism-Leninism but also chauvinist positions


Christian right

(Christianity, politics, US politics) Political factions in the United States and other Western countries who favour conservative values enacted into their countries' society and laws.

Muslim right

ultraconservative Muslim movements, various countries


Monkeydonia

Blend of monkey + Macedonia. Used primarily by Greek and Bulgarian nationalists to suggest that North Macedonia's statehood and ethnogenesis is illegitimate, and that the name Macedonia was usurped, referring to North Macedonia's naming dispute with Greece.

> Macedonians show no mercy because the time has come for the
> DAY OF RECKONING and the Traitors in our ranks must be
> dealt with FIRST.
WITH YOUR CRETINOUS LITTLE ANALYSIS I'D SAY !!!YOU!!! AND YOUR ILL-BREED
ARE THE BIGGEST TRAITORS TO MONKEYDONIA!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,
FYRO-MAGGOT!!! WITH ENEMIES LIKE YOU, WHO NEEDS FRIENDS???

1998 May 29, BaLgArYaN666`@feedme, “Gligorov and his Dictatorial Regime are the”, in alt.feedme (Usenet):

European Union Countries---Monkeydonia and Toorkey not now or in the
future members of the UNION. lol

2007 November 8, Sylvester, “What's missing?”, in alt.news.macedonia (Usenet):

One more embargo
and you won't just be back in the stone age...... if every Greek made
an extra tray of ice cubes and we dropped on monkeydonia you'll be
back in the ice age.

2008 January 6, Drexl Spivey, “Republic of Macedonia Will Defend the Name with Arguments”, in soc.culture.greek (Usenet):

Republic of North Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia

(slang, humorous, derogatory, 4chan) Republic of North Macedonia.


UMNO

(Malaysia, politics) Initialism of United Malays National Organisation (“a Malay conservative political party in Malaysia”).


Donbabwe

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Донецьк (Donecʹk) or Russian Донецк (Doneck) + Zimbabwe, meant to suggest underdevelopment, poverty, and endemic corruption. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Донба́бве (Donbábve) or Ukrainian Донба́бве (Donbábve).

A similar pattern was reserved for Donbass in the abusive name "Donbabwe" which comprises "Donbass" and "Zimbabwe".

2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285:

(derogatory, humorous, Internet) Donbass


Ruzzia

Neologism following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At first a blend of Russia + Nazi, after 2022 a blend of Russia + Z, using the military Russian Z symbol of Russian propaganda to mock the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See Z for more information. Compare with Russian РоZZи́я (RoZZíja) and Ukrainian РоZZі́я (RoZZíja).

A third user, @Ni79Mo wrote: "See what happens when you hang out with RuZZia too much? You start creating your own realities as well."

2022 June 8, Millie Cooke, “'No shame!' Olaf Scholz sensationally claims Germany gives MORE support to Ukraine than UK”, in Daily Express:

Shayk was accused of being a "supporter of the terrorist state Ruzzia and genocide of Ukrainians."

2022 July 15, Will Stewart, Liam Buckler, “Supermodel accused of 'backing Putin’s war' after using 'Z' symbol in Instagram caption”, in The Mirror:

Because one way to fight a proxy war is to flood the market with cheap oil and that’s what the US is doing in its support of Ukraine against what the late Senator John McCain called Ruzzia: "a petrol (gas) station, run by a Mafia, masquerading as a country"

2022 September 8, Chris Becker, “Crude oil prices tank as US floods market”, in MacroBusiness:

I received a letter that instilled in me feelings of rage and pain- my assigned roommate is going to be a competitor from the terrorist-country, from a country that lost all laws and order, from the despot-country, from the disgusting and deceitful stain on the body of our beautiful planet, from ruzzia^([sic]).

2022 October 5, Charles Wade-Palmer, “Ukraine beauty queen slams pageant officials for rooming her with Russian rival”, in The Daily Star:

(slang, derogatory, neologism) Alternative spelling of Russia.

orc

another neologism; a derogatory term for a Russian soldier


Brexitland

2022 Daniel Lambert, quoted in Lisa O'Carroll, "British wine wholesaler ‘leaves Brexitland for good’ over paperwork", The Guardian, 26 July.
In just one week I will finally leave Brexitland for good. Let me know if anyone ever finds those sunlit uplands.

Territory submitted to Brexit rules (either United Kingdom and/or Great Britain after Brexit).


westoid

(Internet slang, politics, derogatory) A supporter of the Western world, especially the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.


special military operation

en-noun

special military operation (plural special military operations)

Calque of Russian специа́льная вое́нная опера́ция (speciálʹnaja vojénnaja operácija), a phrase used by Vladimir Putin upon launching an attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022:
In this regard, in accordance with Article 51 of Part 7 of the UN Charter, with the approval of the Federation Council of Russia and in pursuance of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance ratified by the Duma on February 22 with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, I decided to launch a special military operation.

cal

специа́льная вое́нная опера́ция

blockquote

By undermining the effectiveness of the sanctions regime being imposed on Russia, China clearly hopes to weaken the compliance mechanism that keeps that order working and under American control. Beijing probably also has an eye on blunting the effectiveness of this particular mechanism so that it can’t be effectively deployed against China in the event that Beijing feels compelled to conduct its own “special military operation” against Taiwan.

2022 March 25, Andrew Latham, “Three reasons why the China-Russia alliance is deepening”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 2022-03-25:

China could be planning its own Russia-style “special military operation” in Taiwan, an island that the Chinese Communist Party insists is Chinese territory, according to reports from China.

2022 June 17, Jack Buckby, “A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unleash an Economic Disaster”, in RealClearDefense, archived from the original on 2022-06-17:

China's "special military operation" will not take place now. Before that happens, China would have to carry out at least one major military maneuver with live fire in exercises that could end up taking place tomorrow according to a few posts ago highlighting the tuning between 2022 and 1995/1996.

2022 August 2, Suetham, “Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis”, in SinoDefenceForum, archived from the original on 2022-09-08:

Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.

2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State, archived from the original on 2022-08-24:

Beijing expresses understanding of reasons that made Russia begin the special military operation for protection of Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters Monday.

2022 September 5, “China expresses understanding of reasons behind Russia’s special military operation — aide”, in TASS, archived from the original on 2022-09-05:

When asked if Beijing considers a special military operation against Taiwan possible, Liu Xiaoming said that the Chinese government reserves the right to take all necessary measures to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country.

2023 April 27, “CHINESE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE LIU XIAOMING GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO TASS”, in Center for International Security and Strategy Tsinghua University, archived from the original on 2023-05-06:

Repeated clashes between the two warring parties would threaten more Chinese people and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor if they expand, with displaced people fleeing toward the Chinese frontier. If that happens, Beijing could be forced to conduct its own “special military operation” in Myanmar’s territory to reestablish the buffer.

2024 January 10, Emanuele Scimia, “How multiple global challenges may limit Beijing’s options on Taiwan”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-10, Opinion:

(euphemistic, neologism) A military situation resembling a war.

Vladimir Putin
special military operation


Hindu Rashtra

Compound of Hindu + Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “state, nation”); possibly an unadapted borrowing from Hindi or another Indian language.

com+

The RSS has been in existence since 1925. It considered the whole of India to be Hindu Rashtra. The way India was partitioned only confirmed the RSS view about Hindu Rashtra which is in keeping with the modern concept of nationalism.

1982, Balraj Madhok, Rationale of Hindu State, page 99:

Even as Pakistan had been declared an Islamic state, India should be declared a Hindu Rashtra, they argued.[…]A nation is a nation but when everyone starts calling it Hindu Rashtra or a Sikh nation or a Muslim nation then it becomes a theocratic State.

1998, The Muse and the Minorities: Social Concerns and Creative Cohesion : International Seminar, Papers and Proceedings, Steering Committee the Muse and Minorities, pages 172, 384:

The end game is the establishment of a Hindu Rashtra, an ethnic democracy predicated on their ideology of Hindutva, an ethno-religious nationalism holding that the cultural values of Hinduism (as interpreted by the Hindu Right) are indistinguishable from the national identity of India.

2021 December 11, Antara Chakraborthy, Pravin Prakash, “Uttar Pradesh 2022: A Blueprint for the Yogi’s Hindu Rashtra”, in The Diplomat:

He said the country is facing “a moment of crisis” with the RSS aiming to turn it into a Hindu Rashtra if it manages to win the next elections.

2022 September 20, “Kerala Governor has mindset of an RSS worker, says CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan”, in The Hindu:

(Hindutva) the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists


Sindhudesh

Borrowed from Sindhi سنڌو ديش (sindhudēš, “Country of Sindh”).

bor

He and his associates started traveling all over Sindh to propagate the cause of Sindhudesh.

2007, B. Raman, The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane:

A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sindhis.


Bangabhumi

Borrowed from Bengali বঙ্গভূমি (boṅgobhumi, “Land of Vanga”).

(now) A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Bengali Hindus.


Brexitish

en-adj

Brexitish (comparative more Brexitish, superlative most Brexitish)

more Brexitish (comparative)
most Brexitish (superlative)

The Brexitish notion that nation states can just withdraw from the rest of the world and wall in their own production is a cultural fantasy as delusional as any who punch “Australia first!”, “America first!”, “Britain first!” statements into the keypad of a Chinese-assembled mobile phone.

2017 May 1, Van Badham, “Worker exploitation: without an international minimum wage, we're all worth 10 bucks”, in The Guardian:

(UK, informal) Resembling or characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it.


Brexitism

As one who was an economic migrant, who migrated under the opportunities of the EU prior to Brexitism, I thought he'd be sympathetic.

2018, John Kinsella, Russell West-Pavlov, Temporariness: On the Imperatives of Place, page 239:

However, the work of Buck and Meiners (2017) is being threatened by the continuing obsession with segregative nativism in Western society, which has manifested itself in Trumpism and Brexitism (Rowe et al. 2018).

2019, Alfdaniels Mabingo, “Teaching African Dances as Civic Engagement: Pedagogic Perspectives of Teachers of African Dances in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia”, in Karen Schupp, editor, Dance Education and Responsible Citizenship: Promoting Civic Engagement Through Effective Dance Pedagogies, page 25:

At some stage, Brexitism will have to face this question.

2021, Oscar Mazzoleni, “Regionalism and Euroscepticism: The case of Ticino”, in Oscar Mazzoleni, Paolo Dardanelli, editors, Switzerland-EU Relations: Lessons for the UK After Brexit?:

The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit.


Zionist entity

Calque of Arabic الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy).

calque

الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ

Coordinate term: Isn'treal

This view is expressed in efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and is reflected in terms like “the Zionist entity” as a disparaging synonym for the Jewish state.

c. 2014, Kenneth L. Marcus, “Fact Sheet on the Elements of Anti-Semitic Discourse”, in Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law:

“There is now a desire by the Zionist entity to come closer to our borders,” he added, in reference to Israel.

2020 December 12, “Algeria PM on Israel-Morocco deal: ‘Zionist entity’ wants to be near our borders”, in Times of Israel:

He (Abdelaziz Djerad) also complained of “a desire to bring the Israeli and Zionist entity to our borders.”

2020 December 23, “Algeria decries neighbor Morocco’s normalized Israel ties”, in Associated Press:

The government of the Zionist entity yesterday approved a $317 million plan to double the Zionist settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the territory captured from Syria.

2021 December 26, “Zionist entity to double settlers in occupied Golan”, in Kuwait Times:

The Zionist Entity has summoned its ambassador to Morocco, David Govrin, over accusations of sexual assault and corruption, Zionist media outlets have reported.

2022 September 8, “Zionist Entity investigates reported sexual assault scandal at Zionist representation in Morocco”, in Al Mayadeen:

More seriously, while Hamas has agreed in the past to ceasefires and to accepting the possibility of a two-state solution if Israel returned to its pre-1967 borders, it refuses to acknowledge the permanence of the “Zionist entity”.

2023 October 14, Lawrence Freedman, “No end in sight”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:

(Middle East, derogatory or dysphemistic) Israel, viewed by Palestinians and their supporters as an illegitimate regime ruled by Zionists.


Warshington

Do you live in Washington or WaRshington? If it's the latter, you almost certainly drink waRter.

2016 March 14, Frances Stead Sellers, “How do you speak D.C.? 'Accent tags' help to define the District's dialect”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2017-01-26:

I grew up saying 'Warshington' until I was in about eighth grade and made fun of. Personally, I believe it was more of a regional dialect and NOT because I was poorly educated. Similar to how some people say crick instead of creek.

2019 February 25, Paul Turner, quoting Patty West, “Paul Turner: Hello, modern-day Spokane children. I scoff at your puny snow forts.”, in The Spokesman-Review, archived from the original on 2019-07-07:

This movie features a lot of old guys talking in a "Warshington" accent.

2020 September 9, John Kelly, “Danny Gatton and other DC guitar greats are celebrated in a new film”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2020-11-29:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of Washington (“Washington, D.C.”).


Bregret

en-noun

Bregret (countable and uncountable, plural Bregrets)

The anxiety – dubbed “Bregret” – emerged as the value of the pound tumbled and markets crashed, while [some felt] betrayed by Nigel Farage’s admission that a Vote Leave poster pledging to spend millions of pounds supposedly given to the EU on the NHS was a “mistake”.

2016 June 25, Lizzie Dearden, “Anger over 'Bregret' as Leave voters say they thought UK would stay in EU”, in The Independent:

Yet polling shows no ‘Bregret’ – a YouGov survey earlier this week showed 52% of voters think leaving was right and 48% wrong, mirroring the referendum result.

2016 August 10, Matthew Holehouse, “Is the ignorant Leave voter just a comforting myth?”, in The Telegraph:

Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air.

2022 November 22, Mark Landler, “Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake.

2022 December 23, Matthew Goodwin, “Brexit regrets? Britain has a few”, in The Spectator:

Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title]

2023 January 31, Polly Toynbee, “Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(neologism) Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit).


Sangh

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
w:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

(India, Indian politics, Hindutva) Ellipsis of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.


Russian world

Calque of Russian ру́сский мир (rússkij mir).

calque

ру́сский мир

The community of Russia as its own world; the Russosphere.

(politics) The Russian neo-imperial geopolitical and ideological doctrine of the era of Putinism.

الْعَالَم الرُّوسِيّ

Russian sphere of influence; the ideological doctrine


antiwestern

en-adj

antiwestern (comparative more antiwestern, superlative most antiwestern)

more antiwestern (comparative)
most antiwestern (superlative)

Opposing Western cultural and political influences.


Porkistani

Blend of pork + Pakistani, or from Porkistan + -i.

(India, derogatory, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A Pakistani.


One Nation

Pauline Hanson's One Nation
w:Pauline Hanson's One Nation

national conservative
national conservative

(Australian politics) Ellipsis of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, a right-wing populist and national conservative political party in Australia, founded by right-wing Queensland politician Pauline Hanson.


Hamasnik

From Hebrew חַמַאסְנִיק (khamásnik). By surface analysis, Hamas + -nik.

Every "reporter" working for western media in Gaza is a Hamasnik, because Hamas tolerates no criticism, transparency, or journalism. It's a scandal that western media outlets pretend they have real journalists in Gaza. They do not. They employ Hamas press secretaries.

(derogatory, slang) A Hamas member or supporter.


Islamsterdam

(slang, derogatory, offensive) The city of Amsterdam, with regard to its population of Muslims and other immigrants.


from the river to the sea

Calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea”), popularised among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization, from Hebrew בין הים לירדן (“between the [Mediterranean] sea and the Jordan [river]”); as seen in the 1977 platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party; both referring to the geography of Palestine.

calque

مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ

from the 􂀿Jordan􂁀 river to the 􂀿Mediterranean􂁀 sea

der

בין הים לירדן

between the 􂀿Mediterranean􂁀 sea and the Jordan 􂀿river􂁀

The way out [of this cycle of violence] remains the same: a change of regime in Israel that brings equal rights for everyone from the river to the sea[.]

2023 November 5, Ilan Pappe, “Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza”, in Al-Jazeera, archived from the original on 2023-11-05:

We demand your emancipation
From the river to the sea!
We stand with your emancipation;
Your people will be free!

2023, Seth Staton Watkins (lyrics and music), “Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine”:

from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

(politics) A slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.

From the river to the sea
Likud
Palestine Liberation Organization


Ukropium

Blend of Ukro- (“related to Ukraine”) + copium (“a delusion meant to help someone cope with a loss”), influenced by Russian укро́п (ukróp), a slur towards Ukrainians.

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2 months later, no real panic with the first challenger being deleted. We can see that folks are just huffing tons of ukropium to keep their pretend reality from imploding

They are all saying TIME is in Russia’s payroll now! That’s some serious hyper-Ukropium right there!

(Internet slang, offensive, derogatory) A form of wishful thinking in which Ukraine is expected to prevail against Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war.


rushist

en-adjective

rushist (comparative more rushist, superlative most rushist)

more rushist (comparative)
most rushist (superlative)

The Kremlin regime should not be called Russian regime. The Kremlin regime should be called Rushist regime.

2022 February 25, Sergiy Kyslytsya, “Statement of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya at the UNSC meeting on Ukraine”, in Ukraine at UN:

“Even if we look at the chronology of the reactions of propagandists, “officials” of the rushist regime regarding today’s events, it becomes clear: at first nothing happens, then it happens, but partially, and then Ukraine is to blame, but they, the occupiers, are very happy that the islands on which our defenders were allegedly based, are flooded,” said [Andriy] Yusov.

2023 June 7, “Defense Intelligence Exposes Russia’s Preparations For Terrorist Attack On Kakhovka HPP”, in Charter97:


rushist

Many here call Russian soldiers "orcs" or "Rushists," the latter a twist on "fascists."

2022 June 2, “Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric”, in NPR:


half-swastika

Calque of Russian полусвастика (polusvastika).

calque

полусвастика

Often this half-swastika is painted orange and black like St. George Ribbon, which is a symbol of the Great Victory – and it is everything you need to know about the power of propaganda that’s been poured into Russian ears for more than a decade.

2022 March 29, Boris Chaikin, “Z for Zombie: the power of Russia's propaganda machine”, in Vaine, archived from the original on 2024-06-11:

In fact, Russians themselves do not want to see foreign companies in their country - they started the campaign "Zamestim" (meaning "we will replace", where the first cyrylic letter was deliberately replaced with a half-swastika russia uses as their war symbol).

2022 June 9, Ilona Sologoub, “Those who stay: how companies justify their stay in russia”, in Ukrainska Pravda:

In particular, the Latin letter “Z” has come to stand more generally for Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, being referred to as the “Zvastika” or “half-swastika” for its resemblance to a pared down version of the symbol of Nazi Germany.

2023 April 29, Alona Sonko, “Ukrainian government bans letters Z and V on car license plates, Interior Ministry clarifies rules”, in The New Voice of Ukraine:

I, of course, tried to explain a lot of things to the students: about the half-swastika, and about real goals, and about fascism as such, and it was nice that some of the students understood what they were talking about speech, but, as it turned out, there were also fighters for the purity of the ranks.

2024 February 23, Eugene Nasyrov, Olga Orlova, “Special academic operation. How the FSB has been persecuting scientists who signed a letter against the war with Ukraine for two years in a row”, in T-Invariant:

(derogatory) The Z letter used by Russian nationalists, usually to support Vladimir Putin or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.


pan-nationalism

Consequently, though Russia must ultimately recover—and, organized and officered by Germans, her recovery may well be rapid—the immediate future in Central Asia and the Middle East would appear to lie at least as much with Islamic pan-nationalism as with Bolshevism.

1922 January 5, H. G. Martin, “India and the Next War”, in O. W. White, editor, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, volume LII (52), number 226, United Service Institution of India, page 326:

Nationalism is sensitive to the limits of its own security, and tends to withdraw into its own borders at precisely that point when it fears for its sovereignty and when faced with the prospect of being absorbed into a larger pan-nationalism.

1976, Louis Leo Snyder, Varieties of Nationalism: A Comparative Study, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page 241:

A brief overview of the three pan-nationalist trends of thought around African, Islamic, and Asian identities shows that pan-nationalism became possible as part of globalizing discourses during the high age of imperialism from the 1880s to the 1920s.

2013, Cemil Aydin, “Conclusion”, in John Breuilly, editor, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 688:

Nationalism that transcends traditional (historical) national identities or boundaries (such as borders) in order to create a single, unified identity.


White Army

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement.

(historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War


Bilhorod People's Republic

Calque of Ukrainian Бі́лгородська наро́дна респу́бліка (Bílhorodsʹka naródna respúblika), which in turn was based on Ukrainian Луга́нська наро́дна респу́бліка (Luhánsʹka naródna respúblika, “Luhansk People's Republic”) or Ukrainian Доне́цька наро́дна респу́бліка (Donécʹka naródna respúblika, “Donetsk People's Republic”).

Бі́лгородська наро́дна респу́бліка

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Луга́нська наро́дна респу́бліка

Доне́цька наро́дна респу́бліка

(humorous, Internet slang) "Bilhorod People's Republic"; a fictional quasi-state located in Belgorod, southern Russia.


Pakistan Zindabad

Borrowed from Urdu پاکِسْتان زِنْدَہ باد (pākistān zinda-bād), from پاکِسْتان (pākistān, “Pakistan”) and زِنْدَہ باد (zinda-bād, “long live”).

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پاکِسْتان زِنْدَہ باد

(Pakistan, politics) “Long Live Pakistan”, a patriotic slogan used to celebrate Pakistan.


Paristan

Coordinate term: Londonistan

(informal, derogatory) Paris (capital city of France), perceived as having been culturally conquered by Muslims.


NATOstan

(slang, derogatory, humorous) NATO, or NATO and its allies, collectively.


H-pop

From H (“Hindutva”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.

On another occasion, H-pop singer Kanhiya Mittal sang a duet with a BJP lawmaker whose lyrics read “the saffron is getting deeper”, a reference to the colour of Hinduism and the BJP's own party colours, […]

2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:

(music) Hindutva pop music; Indian nationalist pop music.


OUN

w:Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists

(historical) Initialism of Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists.


Israel-firster

From Israel + firster, influenced by and compared to America First (“American isolationist ideology”).

The ZPC never lost a beat: Israel Firster and Zion-Con fanatic, US Treasury Under Secretary responsible for terrorism and financial intelligence, Stuart Levey, succeeded in convincing China to tighten trade credit ...

2010, James Petras, Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power, page 78:

Former Israel-firster Andrew Sullivan chalked up the likes of Krauthammer as "victims of Israel Derangement Syndrome."

2011, Norman G. Finkelstein, "This Time We Went Too Far" - Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion, page 177:

The increasing proximity to the president of this quintessential "Israel firster" most likely played a role in reigning in Obama's initiative to completely freeze Israeli settlements.

2013, Josh Ruebner, Shattered Hopes - Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, page 75:

routinely used the white supremacist anti-Semitic slur "Israel Firster" to describe any Jew who was hawkish on Israel.

2014, Ben Shapiro, Bullies - How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans, page 247:

Don't pull U.S. into this. You Israel firster should fight your own fights.

One critic argued, "Kirk is a pure Israel-firster ... [H]e brings home the bacon for Israel big time.

2018, Colton C. Campbell, David A. Dulio, James A. Thurber (editors), Congress and Diaspora Politics - The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying, page 236:

It has also earned me the titles "Ziofascist", "Jewish Nazi", "Tool of the Likud", and "Israel Firster".

2019, Alan Dershowitz, Taking the Stand - My Life in the Law, page 478:

On the other, to fail to show sympathy for Palestinians was to out yourself as a heartless tribalist, an Israel-firster.

2022, Richard Landes, Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong? - Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad, page 478:

(informal, somewhat derogatory, politics) A person who places the interests and welfare of the State of Israel above those of the nation in which they reside.


Ukrofascism

After the Maidan some of them also went downhill to epic trash, started writing about Ukrofascism and palling around with fighters in Donetsk, like Vitaly Leybin of Russki Reporter.

2018 December 22, Otar Dovzhenko, “Russian Liberal Media? No, Thank You”, in Detector Media:

The Russians killed you in 2014, spreading propaganda, ukrofascism, and other narratives.

2022 April 7, “Why “why us” questions appear from both sides of Russia – Ukraine war?”, in Ukraine Frontlines:

Both Dasha and her father, Alexander Dugin, could be the target,” Rogov said, drawing attention to the fact that Dugin was waging her own fight against “Ukrofascism and its Ango-Saxon^([sic]) masters.”

2022 August 21, admin_l6ma5gus, “In Zaporozhye, Dugina’s death was linked to Ukraine”, in Pledge Times:


kokutai

Borrowed from Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, literally “national character”).

ja-r

The national essence and character of Japan viewed as conforming to Shinto-Confucian ideals, with the emperor as its ethical, spiritual, cultural and political center.

國體

national character of Japan viewed as centered on the emperor


pro-Western

Dmitrii Pospelovskii also drew on some similarities between the Metanoia authors and Chaadaev: All were religiously oriented and prowestern and saw no future hope outside of a historical Christian context.

1991, Julia Brun-Zejmis, “Messianic Consciousness as an Expression of National Inferiority: Chaadaev and Some Samizdat Writings of the 1970s”, in Slavic Review, volume 50, number 3, fn. 30, page 651 of 646–658:

Ideologically aligned with the nations of the Western Bloc.


Zion Don

From Zion + Don or blend of Zionist + Donald, in the context of his pro-Israel stance. Also chosen for its quasi-rhyme.

They realized that they have overused their Zion Don to the point where one more of these attacks and his base is going to abandon him entirely.

2019 April 1, D. Schlenk, “Mossad/CIA False Flag Warning”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Good, that’s where Zion Don belongs. I doubt, however, that Democrats have balls to do that. Also, the fact that they call prison a “niggerville” really says a lot about niggers.

2023 November 19, D. Ray, “Re: 8 NIGGERS ARRESTED IN VEGAS TEEN'S FATAL BEATING”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet):

Trump supporters have also moved to the right of Trump himself: hence, accusations of Trump running a MIGA campaign (Make Israel Great Again) or even himself being a Zion Don can be found on Reddit and 4chan (Luddy 2021).

2024, Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh, The Trump Carnival - Populism, Transgression and the Far Right, page 59:

(US politics, derogatory, uncommon) Donald Trump.


axis of upheaval

Coined by Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor on 23 April 2024, by analogy with terms such as axis of evil.

The four powers increasingly identify common interests, match up their rhetoric, and coordinate their military and diplomatic activities. Their convergence is creating a new axis of upheaval—a development that is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.

2024 May/June, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine, “The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order”, in Foreign Affairs, volume 103, page 50:

Washington’s efforts at strengthening its Quad relationship is being met by a new quad, the so-called “axis of upheaval” involving Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

2024 May, Ralph A Cossa, Brad Glosserman, “The ‘year of elections,’ take two!”, in Comparative Connections, volume 26, page 2:

While for decades the threats to the U.S.-led economic order were limited, today China and Russia, along with North Korea and Iran, have coalesced into an "axis of upheaval" whose shared ambition is nothing short of remaking the U.S.-led global liberal economic order of the past 80 years.

2024 June 3, Joseph Quinlan, “It’s a New World. Investors’ Old Rules No Longer Apply”, in Barron’s, volume 104, page 46:

The alleged antiwestern collaboration between China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.


go back to where you came from

(idiomatic, informal, sarcastic) Used to express hostility toward an immigrant or outsider.


Hollandistan

From Holland (“the Netherlands”) + -i- + -stan.

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According to the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, at least 80% of the 1.3 million newcomers in Germany in 2015 and 2016 are Islamic. Germany is becoming Germanistan. Holland is becoming Hollandistan. Europe is becoming Eurabia.

2017, Pamela Geller, “Forward”, in Fatwa: Hunted in America, Miami, Fla.: Dangerous Books, →ISBN, page xii:

(slang, derogatory, offensive) The Netherlands, viewed as an Islamic country because of immigration from Islamic countries.