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stiob

stiob noun: a Russian genre of ironic but ostensibly earnest parody associated with the Soviet era.

Noun

stiob (uncountable)

  1. A Russian genre of ironic but ostensibly earnest parody associated with the Soviet era.

Origin of stiob

From Russian стёб (stjob).

Questions about stiob

What does stiob mean?
Stiob means a Russian genre of ironic but ostensibly earnest parody associated with the Soviet era.
What part of speech is stiob?
Stiob is a noun.

Words near stiob in the dictionary

  1. stintings
  2. stintless
  3. Stinton
  4. stints
  5. stinty
  6. stiob
  7. stip
  8. stipa
  9. stiparin
  10. stipas
  11. stipate

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