орк

Borrowed from English orc.

The pejorative usage appeared in Ukrainian military slang as a term for the Russian enemy during the War in Donbass and was widely popularized by an official Armed Forces of Ukraine Facebook post on 25 February 2022.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ork]

орк • (ork) m anim (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рков, relational adjective о́ркский or о́рочий)

1. (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster warrior)
2. (derogatory, Internet slang) a Russian person with little to no desirable qualities (unattractive, low intelligence, uncultured, etc.)
3. (politics, derogatory, neologism, Ukraine) Russian invader (a Russian, DPR, or LPR soldier participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
4. (derogatory, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur, Ukraine, by extension) Any Russian person

Some Russian nationalists and supporters of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine took up the "орк" slur as a term of pride to represent themselves as soldiers, or to mock Ukrainian or pro-Ukraine users.

• эльф (elʹf, “elf”)

• ваха (vaxa, “Warhammer”) (online slang: orks are among the playable armies in that game)
• Мордор (Mordor, “Mordor, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
• оккупа́нт (okkupánt, “occupant, a Russian soldier”)

• оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)

Borrowed from English orc.

The pejorative usage appeared in Ukrainian military slang as a term for the Russian enemy during the War in Donbass and was widely popularized by an official Armed Forces of Ukraine Facebook post on 25 February 2022.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɔrk]

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орк • (ork) m pers (genitive о́рка, nominative plural о́рки, genitive plural о́рків, relational adjective о́рківський or о́ркський, diminutive орченя́)

1. (fantasy) orc (humanoid monster)
2. (politics, derogatory) Russian invader (a Russian, DPR, or LPR soldier participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
3. (derogatory, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur, by extension) Any Russian person

• орки́ня (orkýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
• оркоста́н (orkostán, “land of orcs, Russia”) (derogatory, slang)
• о́ркський (órksʹkyj, “orcish, related to orcs”)
• орчи́на (orčýna, “a big orc, a Russian soldier or man”) (derogatory, slang)
• орчи́ня (orčýnja, “a female orc, a Russian woman”) (derogatory, slang)
• орочня́ (oročnjá, “orcs, Russians”) (collective, derogatory, slang)