БЧБ

Russian

The white-red-white flag, used in protest movements in Belarus.

Etymology

Derived from Belarusian бела-чырвона-белы сцяг (bjela-čyrvóna-bjely scjah). червоный, which corresponds to Belarusian чырвона (čyrvóna), is considered archaic in modern Russian.

Proper noun

БЧБ • (BČB) m inan (indeclinable)

1. (politics) initialism of бе́ло-червоно-белый (bélo-červono-belyj, “white-scarlet-white”): the former flag of the Republic of Belarus, now used as a protest flag used against the government of Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

Synonyms

• бе́ло-кра́сно-бе́лый (bélo-krásno-bélyj, “white-red-white”) (simplified Russian calque)
• погоня (pogonja) (traditional name referring to the coat of arms also used in Lithuania)
• прокладка (prokladka, “menstrual pad”), (offensive, due to the similar colours)
• са́ло-мя́со-са́ло (sálo-mjáso-sálo, “lard-meat-lard”), (offensive, due to the similar colours)
• СМС (SMS, “lard-meat-lard”), (offensive, abbreviation of previous)