Polandball
See also: polandball
English
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of Poland + ball, coined circa 2009.
Noun
[edit]Polandball (plural Polandballs)
- 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
[edit]Further reading
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Polandball on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Category:Polandball on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Polandball.
Noun
[edit]Polandball m (plural Polandballs)
- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Polandball.
Noun
[edit]Polandball m (invariable)
- 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
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Polandball.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Polandball m animal
- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- Polandball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- English terms derived from German
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- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlandbɔl
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