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titushky

titushky noun: hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR.

Noun

titushky pl (plural only)

  1. (neologism, plural, plural-only) Hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR
    • They were titushky, mercenary agents who supported the Ukrainian police during President Yanukovych’s administration, who were now in desperate need of a paycheck, one Guimond had arranged.2017, Rick Campbell, Blackmail, New York: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, pages 102–3
    • We see typically dressed titushky. One of them had a head injury and was bleeding a lot. Titushka or not, he’s a human being.2016: Olesya Khremeychuk, “Sexuality and Revolution in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Human Rights for the LGBT Community in the Euromaidan Protests of 2013–2014,” in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics...

Synonyms of titushky

Forms of titushky

alternative formtitushki

Origin of titushky

Attested in 2014, borrowed from either Ukrainian тіту́шки pl (titúšky), тіту́шка sg (titúška), or Russian титу́шки pl (titúški), титу́шка sg (titúška), from the surname of mixed martial artist Vadym Titushko, Russian Вади́м Титу́шко (Vadím Titúško), Ukrainian Вади́м Тіту́шко (Vadým Titúško).

Questions about titushky

What does titushky mean?
Titushky means hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR.
What part of speech is titushky?
Titushky is a noun.

Words near titushky in the dictionary

  1. titupping
  2. tituppy
  3. titups
  4. Titus
  5. Titus County
  6. titushky
  7. Titusville
  8. titwank
  9. titwanked
  10. titwanking
  11. titwanks

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