Polandball

See also: polandball

English

Selection of Polandballs representing several parts of the world.

Etymology

Compound of Poland +‎ ball, coined circa 2009.

Noun

Polandball (plural Polandballs)

1. A user-generated internet meme, where countries are presented as spherical personas (countryballs) that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations; an individual spherical persona from this.
   • 2014 March 4, Emmet Ryan, “Polandball is Reddit's answer to Crimea crisis”, in The Daily Business Post‎^[1], Businesspost.ie, retrieved 1 November 2014:

     One comic, in which Poland flies into space and stops Russia using Crimea as a means of ramming the United States, has shot to the top of the charts in the Polandball sub-forum on Reddit.

   • 2014 September 11, Arunabh Saikia, “Why Some Calamities Are More Equal Than Others”, in The Newslaundry:

     This Polandball comic sums it up better.

   • 2014, "Mexicoball", The Polandball Book, →ISBN:
   • 2015 May 2, Steven Hoffman, “How Polandball can of taking over internets”, in Krakow Post‎^[2]:

     It’s also gotten attention from the Polish media. Gazeta Wyborcza reported on it (po polsku), and, on Culture.pl, Wojciech Oleksiak wrote an in-depth English analysis, including a presumably tongue-in-cheek guide to drawing a Polandball.

See also

• countryball
• meme
• parody
• satire

Further reading

• Polandball on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Category:Polandball on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Polandball.

Noun

Polandball m (plural Polandballs)

1. Polandball
   • 2011 December 10, RVG, “Re: [AAD 1] Suppression de fr.lettres.langues-slaves”, in fr.usenet.forums.evolution‎^[3] (Usenet):

     En attendant je continue à lire les aventures de Polandball

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012 December 15, RVG, “Re: Pologne : un ministre boycotte l'ambassadeur israélien”, in fr.soc.politique‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Washington est loin et que Berlin est très près :-) > Coupe du Monde de Polandball en mondovision !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013 March 25, Cmarpo, “Re: pologne et urss, je t'aimes moi non plus”, in fr.soc.politique‎^[5] (Usenet):

     Sinon abonnez-vous à Polandball sur FB. Vrai ça. Copié collé. sur word, changer la casse, recopié-collé ici et l’heure.... pffff...la flemme c la flemme.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Polandball.

Noun

Polandball m (invariable)

1. Polandball
   • 2010 April 22, II.Terminetor Magnetico, “Re: Re: South Korean ship 'hit by North Korean torpedo'”, in it.cultura.militare‎^[6] (Usenet):

     Macche'... molto meglio: Polandball! ... fantastico! :-) -- --- what if this, what if that, why this, why that, and ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2010 April 23, Albion of Avalon, “Re: Immagini private rese pubbliche e considerazioni laterali”, in it.cultura.militare‎^[7] (Usenet):

     ... secondo te quale appunto > e' la filosofia di base di questo e dei due post precedenti ? devo farti > il disegnino, magari anche colla polandball cosi' ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2010 December 4, Federico Antola, “Re: Antolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”, in it.cultura.militare‎^[8] (Usenet):

     LOL! Però Polandball rimane la migliore

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Polish

Polandball

Alternative forms

• polandball

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Polandball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.land.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔlandbɔl
• Syllabification: Po‧land‧ball

Noun

Polandball m animal

1. Polandball (user-generated internet meme, where countries are presented as spherical personas (countryballs) that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations; an individual spherical persona from this)

Declension

Declension of Polandball

	singular	plural
nominative	Polandball	Polandballe
genitive	Polandballa	Polandballi
dative	Polandballowi	Polandballom
accusative	Polandballa	Polandballe
instrumental	Polandballem	Polandballami
locative	Polandballu	Polandballach
vocative	Polandballu	Polandballe

Further reading

• Polandball in Polish dictionaries at PWN