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Russian reversals

Russian reversals is the plural of Russian reversal.

Meaning of Russian reversal

Noun

Russian reversal (plural Russian reversals)

  1. A type of joke that reverses the subject and object of an ordinary statement, claiming to describe the situation in Soviet Russia.
    • Sounds like a Russian Reversal. "In Soviet Japan, life lives YOU!"2015, TJ Edmister, “Re: Interesting phraseology”, in sci.lang.japan (Usenet)

Questions about Russian reversals

What is Russian reversals the plural of?
Russian reversals is the plural of Russian reversal.

Words near Russian reversals in the dictionary

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  2. Russian plum
  3. Russian plums
  4. Russian pyramid
  5. Russian reversal
  6. Russian reversals
  7. Russian Revolution
  8. Russian River
  9. Russian roulette
  10. Russian sable
  11. Russian sables

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