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Boratesque
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English
Etymology
From en Borat -esque.
Adjective
en rare Relating to or characteristic of the 2006 mockumentary comedy film Borat, or its protagonist Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist (played by Sacha Baron Cohen).
en 2015 Robert Saunders Mediating New Europe-Asia: Branding the Post-Socialist World via the Internet Jeremy Morris; Natalya Rulyova; Vlad Strukov New Media in New Europe-Asia Routledge Europe-Asia Studies London w:Routledge 9780415737098 xoz7CwAAQBAJ 158 Boratesque While Baron Cohen targeted a single country, the Australian comedian Santo Cilauro crafted an entirely new, but undeniably post-Second World, country to perpetrate similar acts of anti-branding. As a complement to the wildly popular faux travel guide Molvanîa Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry (2004), Cilauro created the eerily-Boratesque Zladko ('ZLAD!') Vladcik.