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Caesar cipher for KRYMSKA BAVOVNA, translates as Crimean cotton. "Ukrainians ironically call explosions in Russia or in occupied territory 'cotton'-bavovna - б
by yreg 4y ago
Caesar cipher for KRYMSKA BAVOVNA, translates as Crimean cotton.
"Ukrainians ironically call explosions in Russia or in occupied territory 'cotton'-bavovna - бавовна, ridiculing Russian media use of a word хлопóк (a bang) in a sense of explosion, which is written in the same way as cotton - хлóпок"
source: https://twitter.com/olgatokariuk/status/1557042276869734401 https://twitter.com/olgatokariuk/status/1557042276869734401
- zoomablemind 4y agoIn addition to this, the fluffy explosion clouds from the hit ammo, mil equpment, and fuel depots do resemble big wads of cotton in the sky, well, of much darker shade. Another expression apropos is "HIMARS o'clock".
- R0b0t1 4y agoFeint - Mirror signal IC3PEAK - Зеркало (Mirror) Feint - Stairway to Heaven (You Are Slaves) FACE - Коттон (Cotton) The Russian Futurists - Let's Get Ready To Crumble Scarcity of Tanks (band)
- benj111 4y agoIs this linked to gun cotton in anyway?
- quinndexter 4y agoIt's because explosion clouds look like cotton. (Edit: And apparently a pun on the words for cotton and clap being similar)
- benj111 4y agoWell the parent said the word for bang and cotton are the same. I was just wondering if firearms became popular around when gun cotton was a thing, and so they associated the two. Or whether the two words just happen to be the same.
- hbrn 4y agoI believe the main reason is that it makes fun of newspeak used by russian propaganda. Newspeak started long before the war. Explosions are called "claps", plane crashes are "rough landings", decline is "negative growth", flood is "waterlogging", etc. It's hard to sell the idea of being greatest country in the world if buildings are exploding due to gas leaks. But if there are a few "claps" here and there, noone bats an eye. That's the idea at least.