Faux-cyrillic Definition

adjective
Of or pertaining to faux Cyrillic.
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pronoun

Usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visually similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more 'Russian' feel for a text.

The line 'IБ ТНIБ ТЯIP ЯEДГГУ ИEСEББДЯУ?' (for 'Is this trip really necessary') is found in Frank Zappa's song 'I don't wanna get drafted' .
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Origin of Faux-cyrillic

  • From Cyrillic + faux, French for false.

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