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краевка

English translation: stupid Ukraine

08:56 Sep 12, 2014
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Russian term or phrase: краевка
From media report featuring excerpts from comments left on social media sites of dead Russian soldiers allegedly killed fighting in Ukraine.

Там, под Омском, даже не допускают, что десантник мог быть убит на украинской земле Донбасса.

"Да, даром ваша "краевка" и вы вместе с ней никуда не уперлись, чтоб нападать на вас! Сами щиманулись в Россию как крысы. А то бомбят их..заныли. Судя по всему мало бомбят!" - пишет одна из близких подруг десантника.
Sarah Hartley
Denmark
English translation:stupid Ukraine
Explanation:
Or something along those lines, I believe. I think that is some kind of play on words (most probably, not intentional, the speaker just seems a little bit too agitated) involving the degrading names Russians use for Ukraine "окраина" and, probably, the name of the type of a military shelter the Ukrainian Insurgent Army used against Russians in the 50's.
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Maxim Olshin
Ukraine
Local time: 05:55
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5Kryjivka
Vladyslav Golovaty
3stupid Ukraine
Maxim Olshin
2"borderlands"
AKhram


  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stupid Ukraine


Explanation:
Or something along those lines, I believe. I think that is some kind of play on words (most probably, not intentional, the speaker just seems a little bit too agitated) involving the degrading names Russians use for Ukraine "окраина" and, probably, the name of the type of a military shelter the Ukrainian Insurgent Army used against Russians in the 50's.

Maxim Olshin
Ukraine
Local time: 05:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 15
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Thanks for the help!

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neutral  AKhram: "Stupid" IMHO is a wrong word. The term is sarcastic but not openly abusive
16 mins
  -> I used "stupid" in its sense of "annoying or irritating", not as a simple abuse, of course. =)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
"borderlands"


Explanation:
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AKhram
Local time: 05:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Kryjivka


Explanation:
It is Ukrainian криївка in a Russian attempt to transcribe, in Ukrainian it means Схованка. || Місце таємного зберігання чогось або перебування когось; потайник, сховок.
In Russian it means 1) убежище, укрытие 2) (место, предназначенное для, скрытного хранения чего-нибудь или тайного пребывания кого-нибудь) тайник, помещение с потайным входом, служащее для хранения чего-либо или для укрытия кого-либо.
It means a hiding place; widely spread in Western Ukraine during WWII and thereafter, currently revived
Famous "Kryjivka" catering is in Lviv downtown, if you show D.Jarosh business card, your lunch is free)


    Reference: http://www.inyourpocket.com/ukraine/lviv/Where-to-eat/Cafes/...
    Reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1076...
Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 05:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 48
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