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Zed-turbo-patrioting What does that mean?

bsagdiyev 4y ago
I think there's a not insignificant amount of the Russian population that has been fed, and thoroughly believes, this was something they had to do and Ukraine is full of literal Nazis.
VHRanger 4y ago
Russians paint "Z" on their combat vehicles
FBISurveillance 4y ago
Those guys who print their "Z" and "V" swastika everywhere.
dainiusse 4y ago
Letter Z
jszymborski 4y ago
A reference to the Z symbol Russia has adopted in support of its military invasion of Ukraine. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60644832 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60644832
Georgelemental 4y ago
I believe "Zed" is referring to "Z" as a symbol of the invasion (so the brother in question is a huge booster of Russia's war)
sakras 4y ago
The letter Z (pronounced like zed by some people) is used as a symbol of support for the war (a lot of Russian vehicles had a Z on them for some reason). Zed-turbo-patrioting is then probably the act of being extremely patriotic and in support of the war
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
  Because Ukraine and Russia operate the same vehicles, friendly fire is an even greater danger than usual. Russia uses 3 different symbols on their vehicles depending which group they're from. Z is for the eastern front as I recall. Ukraine, for their part, likes to just paint a simple Ukrainian flag.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    We don't know exactly what the letters originally meant, but the most likely theory is that Z is for "zapad" meaning "west", and V is for "vostok", meaning "east", and they correspond to the Russian west and east military districts. As for Ukrainian vehicles, they can be often seen adorned with white crosses in the more recent photos.
    - SauciestGNU 4y ago
      But why Latin Z and V and not З и В?
      - int_19h 4y ago
        Much easier to draw with a bucket of paint and a brush. Also easier to distinguish at a distance. A tongue-in-cheek joke in Russia is that these aren't actually Z and V, but rather Ꙁ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shap...) and Ѵ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa), both a part of the historical early Cyrillic alphabet, symbolizing the return to "tradition".
        SauciestGNU 4y ago
        Thanks for the context, I'm a beginner in Russian and don't know much history of the language.
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
danielodievich 4y ago
Z is the symbol (and V as well) used by the Russia army as marker on vehicles and has rapidly become a sign similar to Swastika of the Third Reich. It has a fairly interesting and mixed history of origin. The pro-war channels are called Z-channels, frequently using that letter in their name (and sometimes V) Turbo-patriot is a term very frequently used to describe the people who are super extra patriotic in their support of the Putin and the war being prosecuted
- foverzar 4y ago
  > Z is the symbol (and V as well) used by the Russia army as marker on vehicles and has rapidly become a sign similar to Swastika of the Third Reich In what sence?

I think there's a not insignificant amount of the Russian population that has been fed, and thoroughly believes, this was something they had to do and Ukraine is full of literal Nazis.

VHRanger 4y ago

Russians paint "Z" on their combat vehicles

FBISurveillance 4y ago

Those guys who print their "Z" and "V" swastika everywhere.

dainiusse 4y ago

Letter Z

jszymborski 4y ago

A reference to the Z symbol Russia has adopted in support of its military invasion of Ukraine. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60644832 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60644832

Georgelemental 4y ago

I believe "Zed" is referring to "Z" as a symbol of the invasion (so the brother in question is a huge booster of Russia's war)

sakras 4y ago

The letter Z (pronounced like zed by some people) is used as a symbol of support for the war (a lot of Russian vehicles had a Z on them for some reason). Zed-turbo-patrioting is then probably the act of being extremely patriotic and in support of the war

jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
Because Ukraine and Russia operate the same vehicles, friendly fire is an even greater danger than usual. Russia uses 3 different symbols on their vehicles depending which group they're from. Z is for the eastern front as I recall. Ukraine, for their part, likes to just paint a simple Ukrainian flag.
- int_19h 4y ago
  We don't know exactly what the letters originally meant, but the most likely theory is that Z is for "zapad" meaning "west", and V is for "vostok", meaning "east", and they correspond to the Russian west and east military districts. As for Ukrainian vehicles, they can be often seen adorned with white crosses in the more recent photos.
  - SauciestGNU 4y ago
    But why Latin Z and V and not З и В?
    - int_19h 4y ago
      Much easier to draw with a bucket of paint and a brush. Also easier to distinguish at a distance. A tongue-in-cheek joke in Russia is that these aren't actually Z and V, but rather Ꙁ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_(Cyrillic)#History_and_shap...) and Ѵ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa), both a part of the historical early Cyrillic alphabet, symbolizing the return to "tradition".
      - SauciestGNU 4y ago
        Thanks for the context, I'm a beginner in Russian and don't know much history of the language.
CoastalCoder 4y ago

danielodievich 4y ago

Z is the symbol (and V as well) used by the Russia army as marker on vehicles and has rapidly become a sign similar to Swastika of the Third Reich. It has a fairly interesting and mixed history of origin. The pro-war channels are called Z-channels, frequently using that letter in their name (and sometimes V) Turbo-patriot is a term very frequently used to describe the people who are super extra patriotic in their support of the Putin and the war being prosecuted

foverzar 4y ago
> Z is the symbol (and V as well) used by the Russia army as marker on vehicles and has rapidly become a sign similar to Swastika of the Third Reich In what sence?