Bavovna

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Bavovna (

those in Russia itself
.

Origin

Starting in the 2010s, the Russian government began instructing the

gas explosions) by the euphemism khlopok (Russian: хлопо́к, pronounced [xɫɐˈpok]), which literally means a "pop", or a "snap".[1] In most writing, this word is spelled the exact same way as a Russian word for cotton, khlopok (Russian: хло́пок, pronounced [ˈxɫopək]), but pronounced with stress on a different syllable.[2]
The two are differentiated in written form via context.

On 25 April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, explosions rang out at a military base and an oil depot in the Russian city of Bryansk.[3] As per the Russian government standards, Russian media reported the explosion as a khlopok, a "pop".[1] However, when the announcement was translated into the Ukrainian language, the machine translation program confused the identically written words for "pop" and "cotton", and translated khlopok into Ukrainian as bavovna (Ukrainian: бавовна), a word which unambiguously means "cotton".[4][5]

Later, Ukrainian

occupied territories of Ukraine far from the frontline,[2] and also on Russian territory itself.[5][7] It has also been used by official government and military figures in Ukraine.[2] A Russian-language direct loan of the word, written the same but pronounced [bɐˈvovnə], is also used by some Russian-speaking Ukrainians
with the same meaning.

In popular culture

In summer 2022, a Kyiv-based punk rock group was formed named "100% Bavovna", who perform songs related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. They have performed with Tin Sontsia.[8] Songs have also been recorded titled "Bavovna" by the bands GrozovSka Band[9] and Jalsomino.[10]

After a blackout in Kyiv induced by Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, British ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons published a photo on social media of a sprig of cotton, and the caption "Without you", interpreted by Ukrainian media as a reference to the "bavovna" meme as well as to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech "Without you."[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Що означає "бавовна": пояснення військового інтернет-феномену і яскраві меми" (in Ukrainian). Glavred. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Explosions rock Russia-occupied Mariupol and Berdyansk". 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ^ "Лунали вибухи: у Брянську горить військова частина та нафтобаза (фото, відео)" (in Ukrainian). Glavcom. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ Ганюкова, Ольга (2022-08-19). "Почему взрывы в России и на оккупированных территориях называют хлопок: объяснение и яркие мемы". Obozrevatel (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  5. ^ a b "Що означає "бавовна": чому так називають вибухи в росії та на окупованих територіях" (in Ukrainian). 24 Kanal. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Очікуйте "бавовну"! Українська Twitter-армія сіє паніку серед жителів РФ, використовуючи абсурдні меми" (in Ukrainian). The New Voice of Ukraine. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Що таке бавовна: чому так називають вибухи в Криму та в росії?" (in Ukrainian). STB. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. ^ ""Бавовна", яка ще спіткає окупантів: гурти 100% Bavovna та Бетон презентували нову пісню та кліп до неї" (in Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  9. ^ ""Можна слухати вічно": українська художниця презентувала хіт про російську "бавовну"" (in Ukrainian). 24 Kanal. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Автор і виконавець пісень "Чорнобаївка" і "Бавовна" JALSOMINO стане гостем програми #Муз_Оборона" (in Ukrainian). Dim. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  11. ^ Олена Кравченко (19 November 2022). ""Без вас". Амбасадорка Великої Британії з бавовною і ліхтариком показала вечір у Києві без світла" (in Ukrainian). Gordon. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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