Russian reversal

English Noun A type of joke that reverses the subject and object of an ordinary statement, claiming to describe the situation in Soviet Russia. en 2015 TJ Edmister Re: Interesting phraseology sci.lang.japan Sounds like a Russian Reversal. "In Soviet Japan, life lives YOU!" en 2015 Danny Katch Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation 35 Decades ago comics like Yakov Smirnoff used to do “Russian Reversal” jokes: “In America you can always find a party! In Soviet Russia, party always finds you.” en 2016 Choi Chatterjee; Lisa A. Kirschenbaum; Deborah A. Field Russia's Long Twentieth Century Smirnoff's popularity has waned since its high point in the 1980s, but the Russian reversal enjoys a vibrant second act as an internet meme, and it has shaped an image of late Soviet life as harsh and impoverished See also Appendix:Snowclones/in Soviet Russia, Y Xs you en terms derived from toponyms en Comedy