русорез

Russian

Etymology

ру́сский (rússkij, “a Russian”) +‎ рез (rez, “cut, one who cuts, murderer”).

Attested since 2007 by the nationalist writer Konstantin Krylov referring to people who murder ethnic Russians, as a bogeyman in Russian nationalist discourse. Popularized during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Ukrainian Internet users as an Internet meme against Russian soldiers, in mockery towards pro-invasion supporters.^[1]

Noun

русоре́з • (rusoréz) m inan (genitive русоре́за, nominative plural русоре́зы, genitive plural русоре́зов)

(slang, offensive) slaughter, destruction, or murder of ethnic Russians
(slang, offensive) one who murders ethnic Russians

Usage notes

In the original sense, it was also extended to actions considered harmful to ethnic Russians or Russian nationalists, such as "creation of ethnic battalions in the republics", decreasing ethnic Russian majorities by migrants, and a military order leading to the deaths of mobilised soldiers.

Declension

Declension of русоре́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	русоре́з rusoréz	русоре́зы rusorézy
genitive	русоре́за rusoréza	русоре́зов rusorézov
dative	русоре́зу rusorézu	русоре́зам rusorézam
accusative	русоре́з rusoréz	русоре́зы rusorézy
instrumental	русоре́зом rusorézom	русоре́зами rusorézami
prepositional	русоре́зе rusoréze	русоре́зах rusorézax

Descendants

→ Ukrainian: русорі́з (rusoríz)

References

^ Russorez, the extermination of Ukrainians and "Alga" – how the war exposed the "national question", SOTA Project.

[1] Russorez, the extermination of Ukrainians and "Alga" – how the war exposed the "national question", SOTA Project.

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