Friday 8 April 2022

Satirical names of countries

Some countries' peoples make up names to mock their own countries:

America:
Murrica - mocking southerners' speech, associated with backwardsness. Murrica mocks the excessive nationalism, gun violence, corruption, and racism found in the United States.

Australia:
Straya - mocking social ills

Russia:
РОИССЯ (Roissja)

РОИССЯ ВПЕРДЕ (Roissja Vperde: either "Russia, [go] forward" or "swarming into farting/an arse") - mocking excessive nationalism and poor social conditions in Russia.

Considered very offensive to Russian nationalists, who accuse people who use the term of racism against ethnic Russians.

Горжусь Россией (Gorzhusj Rossjei: "I am proud of Russia!") - same as above, but focused on nationalism.

Malaysia:
Malaysia Boleh ("Malaysia can do it!") - mocking our country's "capability" to suffer high amounts of corruption and constantly fail.

Bolehland ("the land that can [fail]") - ditto.

China:
天朝 (tian chao, "heavenly dynasty") - formerly a name to honour China's gods and deified emperors, now modern-day bloggers use the term to mock corruption in the Mainland Chinese government.

種花家 (Zhong Hua Jia; "planting flowers' family", a pun on 中華, Zhonghua, "the middle civilisation")

Thailand:
กะลาแลนด์ (ka-laa laen, "coconut-minded land") - mocking Thailand's backwards attitude
ตอแหลแลนด์ (taw-hlae laen, "land of hypocrites")
ไทย (thai, "Thai") - only in Thailand, poor-quality.

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