Polandball
See also: polandball
English
Selection of Polandballs representing several parts of the world.
Etymology
Poland + ball, coined circa 2009.
Noun
Polandball (plural Polandballs)
- A user-generated internet meme, where countries are presented as spherical personas that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations; an individual spherical persona from this.
- 2014 March 4, Emmet Ryan, “Polandball is Reddit's answer to Crimea crisis”, in The Daily Business Post, Businesspost.ie, retrieved 1 November 2014:
- One comic, in which Poland flies into space and stops Russia using Crimea as a means of ramming the United States, has shot to the top of the charts in the Polandball sub-forum on Reddit.
- 2014 September 11, Arunabh Saikia, “Why Some Calamities Are More Equal Than Others”, in The Newslaundry:
- This Polandball comic sums it up better.
- 2014, "Mexicoball", The Polandball Book, →ISBN:
- 2015 May 2, Hoffman, Steven, “How Polandball can of taking over internets”, in Krakow Post:
- It’s also gotten attention from the Polish media. Gazeta Wyborcza reported on it (po polsku), and, on Culture.pl, Wojciech Oleksiak wrote an in-depth English analysis, including a presumably tongue-in-cheek guide to drawing a Polandball.
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See also
- meme
- parody
- satire
Further reading
Polandball on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Polandball on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
Etymology
From English Polandball.
Noun
Polandball m (plural Polandballs)
- Polandball
- 2011 December 10, RVG, “Re: [AAD 1] Suppression de fr.lettres.langues-slaves”, in fr.usenet.forums.evolution, Usenet:
- En attendant je continue à lire les aventures de Polandball
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- 2012 December 15, RVG, “Re: Pologne : un ministre boycotte l'ambassadeur israélien”, in fr.soc.politique, Usenet:
- Washington est loin et que Berlin est très près :-) > Coupe du Monde de Polandball en mondovision !
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- 2013 March 25, Cmarpo, “Re: pologne et urss, je t'aimes moi non plus”, in fr.soc.politique, Usenet:
- Sinon abonnez-vous à Polandball sur FB. Vrai ça. Copié collé. sur word, changer la casse, recopié-collé ici et l'heure.... pffff...la flemme c la flemme.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Polandball.
Noun
Polandball m (invariable)
- Polandball
- 2010 April 22, II.Terminetor Magnetico, “Re: Re: South Korean ship 'hit by North Korean torpedo'”, in it.cultura.militare, Usenet:
- Macche'... molto meglio: Polandball! ... fantastico! :-) -- --- what if this, what if that, why this, why that, and ...
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- 2010 April 23, Albion of Avalon, “Re: Immagini private rese pubbliche e considerazioni laterali”, in it.cultura.militare, Usenet:
- ... secondo te quale appunto > e' la filosofia di base di questo e dei due post precedenti ? devo farti > il disegnino, magari anche colla polandball cosi' ...
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- 2010 December 4, Federico Antola, “Re: Antolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”, in it.cultura.militare, Usenet:
- LOL! Però Polandball rimane la migliore
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Polandball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.land.bɔl/
- Rhymes: -andbɔl
- Syllabification: po‧land‧ball
Noun
Polandball
- Polandball
- 2010 January 26, kamil, “Re: pc vs konsole”, in pl.rec.gry.komputerowe:
- Przy DLC powinna byc wersja z polandball i informacja
- A version with poland ball and information should come with the DLC
- 2013 April 17, Forum Dyskusyjne Królestwa Dreamlandu, “Takie Tam”, in Królestwo Dreamlandu, Usenet:
- Te osoby które znają "polandball" powinny wiedzieć o co chodzi.
- The people who know "polandball" should know what I'm talking about.
- 2014 June 2, J.F., “Re: Tablet graficzny "made in Biedronka" :)”, in pl.rec.foto.cyfrowa:
- A nadałoby się to do rysowania komiksów typu polandball i rage?
- And would it be good for drawing polandball and rage comics?
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Further reading
- Polandball in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Polandball in Polish dictionaries at PWN