"countryball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: countryballs [plural]
Etymology: country + ball; compare Polandball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|country|ball}} country + ball, {{m|en|Polandball}} Polandball Head templates: {{en-noun}} countryball (plural countryballs)
  1. (originally Internet slang) A country drawn in the Polandball artstyle, in which countries are personified as crudely drawn blobs. Wikipedia link: countryball Categories (topical): Internet memes
    Sense id: en-countryball-en-noun-kEaHUhGC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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