microball

English

A microball

Etymology

From micro- (“pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism”) +‎ ball, by analogy with countryball. Cited as being coined on 30 August 2010 in the MicroWiki community, but first attested on its forums on 20 May 2011 (see quotations).

Noun

microball (plural microballs)

1. (micronationalism) A micronational countryball.

   Synonym: micronationball

   • 2011 May 20, Demontux, “Micronations and Google Maps”, in MicroWiki Forums‎^[1], archived from the original on 2012-06-20:

     I say we give Google the heave-ho and just make something like this. After all, microballs + world map + silly stuff going on = Win ;D

   • 2015 January 19, ABanimationLtd, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Here is the first Adammic microball comic

   • 2017 July 11, u/Deleted, “Microball - Territorial Claims”, in r/micronations‎^[3], Reddit:

     [See title]

   • 2019 November 19, ZoeKirkRobinson, Twitter‎^[4]:

     I've been enjoying countrballs and micronationalism lately, so I've decided to join the two together with a new comic: Microball Moments. Here's episode 1! :D

   • 2022 November 27, u/KingSebastian1, r/micronations‎^[5], Reddit:

     No joke nations or larpers (like Landland in that microballs series)