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1. Ядерка ~ Word of the Month

A diminutive has resurfaced for a very non-diminutive sort of threat.

Tags: chekhov, language, vladimir putin, putin, invasion, war in ukraine, wartime, war, weapon, nuclear arms
2. Even Plaques Make Mistakes

A military park is facing scrutiny after each informational plaque was found to have an error.

Tags: language, internet, museum, military
3. Attacked for "Speaking Buryat" on the Bus

A Buryat woman was attacked on a Moscow bus for speaking "her language." According to the victim, she was speaking Russian.

Tags: internet, language, bus, racism, Moscow, buryatia
4. Raszinkovka ~ Word of the Month

A war-borne word about the difficulty of opening up dark spaces.

Tags: funerals, zinc, war, language
5. The Terminology of Wartime Morality and Ethics

Surviving the testy waters of morality and ethics, with some tips on language and idioms.

Tags: wartime, language, survival russian, russian
6. ГОПНИК, ЦАРЬ, КАРЛИК A President by any Other Name ...

The various ways Russians euphemize the aging denizen of the Kremlin.

Tags: language, slang, Putin
7. Words of the Year

What was the word of the year for 2024? And what should have been the word of the year?

Tags: navalny, language
8. Words STILL Matter

Those with a careful eye will note that we have a very specific way of referring to the conflict in Ukraine: Russia’s War on Ukraine.

Tags: language, invasion, ukraine, war
9. Everyone Understands What's Going On

Speaking Russian in this time of war is as much about the words you cannot say as those you can.

Tags: russian, language
10. Touchpoints

War has a way of changing the language, and not necessarily for the better.

Tags: neologisms, russian, language

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