# Polandball
## English
### Etymology

Compound of Poland +‎ ball, coined circa 2009.

### Noun

Polandball (plural Polandballs)
* A user-generated internet meme, where countries are presented as spherical personas (countryballs) that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations; an individual spherical persona from this.
** 2014 March 4, Emmet Ryan, “Polandball is Reddit's answer to Crimea crisis”, in The Daily Business Post‎, Businesspost.ie, retrieved 1 November 2014:One comic, in which Poland flies into space and stops Russia using Crimea as a means of ramming the United States, has shot to the top of the charts in the Polandball sub-forum on Reddit.
** 2014 September 11, Arunabh Saikia, “Why Some Calamities Are More Equal Than Others”, in The Newslaundry:This Polandball comic sums it up better.
** 2014, "Mexicoball", The Polandball Book, →ISBN:
** 2015 May 2, Steven Hoffman, “How Polandball can of taking over internets”, in Krakow Post‎:It’s also gotten attention from the Polish media. Gazeta Wyborcza reported on it (po polsku), and, on Culture.pl, Wojciech Oleksiak wrote an in-depth English analysis, including a presumably tongue-in-cheek guide to drawing a Polandball.

#### See also

* countryball
* meme
* parody
* satire

#### Further reading

* Polandball on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
* Category:Polandball on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Polandball.

### Noun

Polandball m (plural Polandballs)
* Polandball
** 2011 December 10, RVG, “Re: [AAD 1] Suppression de fr.lettres.langues-slaves”, in fr.usenet.forums.evolution‎ (Usenet):En attendant je continue à lire les aventures de Polandball(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012 December 15, RVG, “Re: Pologne : un ministre boycotte l'ambassadeur israélien”, in fr.soc.politique‎ (Usenet):Washington est loin et que Berlin est très près :-) > Coupe du Monde de Polandball en mondovision !(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2013 March 25, Cmarpo, “Re: pologne et urss, je t'aimes moi non plus”, in fr.soc.politique‎ (Usenet):Sinon abonnez-vous à Polandball sur FB. Vrai ça. Copié collé. sur word, changer la casse, recopié-collé ici et l’heure.... pffff...la flemme c la flemme.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Polandball.

### Noun

Polandball m (invariable)
* Polandball
** 2010 April 22, II.Terminetor Magnetico, “Re: Re: South Korean ship 'hit by North Korean torpedo'”, in it.cultura.militare‎ (Usenet):Macche'... molto meglio: Polandball! ... fantastico! :-) -- --- what if this, what if that, why this, why that, and ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2010 April 23, Albion of Avalon, “Re: Immagini private rese pubbliche e considerazioni laterali”, in it.cultura.militare‎ (Usenet):... secondo te quale appunto > e' la filosofia di base di questo e dei due post precedenti ? devo farti > il disegnino, magari anche colla polandball cosi' ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2010 December 4, Federico Antola, “Re: Antolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”, in it.cultura.militare‎ (Usenet):LOL! Però Polandball rimane la migliore(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* polandball

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Polandball.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.land.bɔl/
* Rhymes: -ɔlandbɔl
* Syllabification: Po‧land‧ball

### Noun

Polandball m animal
* Polandball (user-generated internet meme, where countries are presented as spherical personas (countryballs) that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations; an individual spherical persona from this)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Polandball in Polish dictionaries at PWN