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Turkroach

Turkroach noun: an individual from Turkey or of Turkish descent.

Noun

Turkroach (plural Turkroaches)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, ethnic, slur, 4chan slang) An individual from Turkey or of Turkish descent.
    • A new right-wing populist party has just won provincial elections in the Netherlands. This comes after a Turkroach shot up a tram in Utrecht killing and wounding a bunch of people.2019 March 23, D. Schlenk, “Netherlands: New Right-Wing Populist Party Wins Election”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.misc (Usenet), retrieved 20 Sep 2022

Forms of Turkroach

pluralTurkroaches

Origin of Turkroach

Blend of Turk + cockroach. Originated from a copypasta on the 4chan board /int/, comparing Turks to cockroaches. Typically used by 4chan users to suggest that Turkish users are annoying and are difficult to rid oneself (or in this case, the 4chan board) of, much like cockroaches.

Questions about Turkroach

What does Turkroach mean?
Turkroach means an individual from Turkey or of Turkish descent.
What part of speech is Turkroach?
Turkroach is a noun.
What is the plural of Turkroach?
The plural of Turkroach is Turkroaches.

Words near Turkroach in the dictionary

  1. Turkophobist
  2. Turkophobists
  3. turkophone
  4. turkophones
  5. Turkos
  6. Turkroach
  7. Turkroaches
  8. Turks
  9. Turks & Caicos Is.
  10. Turks and Caicos
  11. Turks and Caicos Islander

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