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Yanukism
Yanukisms () is a Ukrainian colloquial term for various linguistic blunders and mistakes made by former President Viktor Yanukovych, who put up a façade of a well-educated man but frequently embarrassed himself with misspellings and other mistakes. One of the best known examples of a Yanukism is ''proffesor'', which got started as Yanukovych misspelled the academic title in his registration form during the 2004 presidential election. It became an internet meme and a nickname of Yanukovych. In the same form, Yanukovych made in total 12 different mistakes: he misspelled the names of his wife and his hometown. In addition, Yanukovych has made so many other mistakes that his doctor's degree in economics has been called into question. Also, the fact that Yanukovych was among the best-selling authors of Ukraine in the early 2010s raised questions about the true author of his books due to all his past mistakes. Yanukisms can also be manifested by factual mistakes instead of misspellings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010. Yanukovych was removed from the presidency in the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, which followed months of protests against him. Since then, he has lived in exile in Russia. Yanukovych was a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions. Before entering national politics, Yanukovych was the Governor of his native Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002. He was simultaneously the Chairman of the oblast's legislature from 1999 to 2001. He first ran for president in the 2004 election, where he was declared the winner against Viktor Yushchenko. However, allegations of electoral fraud and voter intimidation caused widespread protests, in what became known as the Orange Revolution. The Ukrainian Supr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azirivka
Azirivka () or Azirovka () is a derisive name for the broken Ukrainian of the former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov. The term is produced by the corruption of his surname in an exaggerated way according to the "rules" of Azirivka.Laada Bilaniuk, "Purism and Pluralism: Language Use Trends in Popular Culture in Ukraine since Independence", Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1/4, THE BATTLE FOR UKRAINIAN: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (2017-2018), pp. 293-309, The term was later applied to the speech of other Ukrainian politicians with poor command of Ukrainian. It should be distinguished from surzhyk, which is an arbitrary colloquial mix of several languages, akin to pidgin, most commonly Ukrainian and Russian, widespread in Ukraine. Background According to the 1989 Law of the Languages Ukrainian was declared the only official language in the country, and state officials were encouraged to speak Ukrainian in public. Many of them were Russian-speaking and struggled with Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolka (satire)
"Yolka" () was a gaffe made in 2010 by the President of Ukraine, Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, Victor Yanukovych. During a speech, he forgot how to say "Christmas tree" in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian (), and, after a long pause, said "yolka". "Yolka" is close to the pronunciation of the Russian language, Russian word for Christmas tree (), but not quite. The word became a meme criticizing Yanukovych as a "Ukrainian president who doesn't know Ukrainian". Gaffe In December 2010, Yanukovych tried to disperse protesters against his tax reform policies and used "preparing for Christmas" as the excuse to take down the tents put up. This was his speech during a news television interview: Reactions The clip of Yanukovych was widely spread on the internet, with netizens criticizing him as a Ukrainian president who doesn't speak Ukrainian. Yanukovych was made the subject of internet memes depicting him in various humorous situations with the "yolka". During the Euromaida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
