faux Cyrillic

English

Etymology

From faux +‎ Cyrillic.

Adjective

faux Cyrillic

  1. Of or pertaining to faux Cyrillic.

Proper noun

faux Cyrillic

  1. 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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