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Polandball
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polandball
English
thumb|Selection of Polandballs representing several parts of the world.
Etymology
en :af Poland<id:Q36> ball<id:Q12507> meme 1
From en Poland ball.en November 29, 2021 Joanna Wojdon Public History in Poland Coined c. 2009.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpəʊ.lənd.bɔːl/ UK,RP
en /ˈpoɫ.ənd.bɔl/ /ˈpoʊ.lənd.bɔl/ US,GA,non-cot-caught
en /ˈpoɫ.ənd.bɑl/ /ˈpoʊ.lənd.bɑl/ US,GA,cot-caught
Noun
en fandom Internet slang specifically Poland as a countryball.
en countryball.
en http://www.businesspost.ie/#!story/Home/News/Polandball+is+Reddit's+answer+to+Crimea+crisis/id/87198161-2385-315c-abda-d92435575507 1 November 2014 Businesspost.ie Polandball is Reddit's answer to Crimea crisis 4 March 2014 Emmet Ryan The Daily Business Post 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.
en The Newslaundry Why Some Calamities Are More Equal Than Others September 11, 2014 Arunabh Saikia This Polandball comic sums it up better.
en The Polandball Book "Mexicoball" 2014 1497359872
en 2 May 2015 Steven Hoffman How Polandball can of taking over internets Krakow Post http://www.krakowpost.com/2015/05/how-polandball-can-of-taking-over-internets/ 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.
Related terms
en other country versions Russiaball Ukraineball
See also
en meme
en parody
en satire
References
Further reading
en
en eponyms
en Internet Internet memes Poland
French
thumb|right|The country of Poland depicted as a ball, note that the inverted flag is intentional.
Etymology
fr :bor en:Polandball
fr en Polandball.
Noun
m
en Polandball
fr 10 December 2011 RVG Re: [AAD 1] Suppression de fr.lettres.langues-slaves fr.usenet.forums.evolution https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/fr.usenet.forums.evolution/YXirlpJLx44/RFr4wdcyL6sJ En attendant je continue à lire les aventures de Polandball
fr 15 December 2012 RVG Re: Pologne : un ministre boycotte l'ambassadeur israélien fr.soc.politique https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/fr.soc.politique/leh9iZH-Zgc/R86T65cr-agJ Washington est loin et que Berlin est très près :-) > Coupe du Monde de Polandball en mondovision !
fr 25 March 2013 Cmarpo Re: pologne et urss, je t'aimes moi non plus fr.soc.politique https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/fr.soc.politique/PJb_H63dn3Q/4IUtU8jhAmEJ 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.
fr Internet
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:Polandball
it en Polandball.
Noun
m #
en Polandball
it 22 April 2010 II.Terminetor Magnetico Re: Re: South Korean ship 'hit by North Korean torpedo' it.cultura.militare https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/it.cultura.militare/Z6S6AHkOCpA/ukoK4cAHZckJ Macche'... molto meglio: Polandball! ... fantastico! :-) -- --- what if this, what if that, why this, why that, and ...
it 23 April 2010 Albion of Avalon Re: Immagini private rese pubbliche e considerazioni laterali it.cultura.militare https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/it.cultura.militare/x-vebHct228/NMHwQU53v4wJ ... 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' ...
it 4 December 2010 Federico Antola Re: Antolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa it.cultura.militare https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/polandball/it.cultura.militare/8Y-qCD6nz-c/EhUnCsBslA4J LOL! Però Polandball rimane la migliore
it Internet
Polish
pl:
thumb|Polandball
Alternative forms
pl polandball
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Polandball + 1
Pronunciation
'Poland.bol Po.land.ball
Noun
m-anml
en 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
<m.anml.genpli>
Further reading
pl Internet memes