katsap
English
editEtymology
editAn unadapted borrowing from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp).
Noun
editkatsap (plural katsaps)
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Russian, especially from a Ukrainian perspective.
- 2012, Amir Weiner, Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution, page 247:
- In the short run, the katsap peril was even more concrete.
Usage notes
edit- Not fully naturalized, and often used in italics.