# remove kebab
## English
### Etymology

Originally from a 2010 parody copypasta (see quotation below), itself inspired by the 1993 Serbian propaganda song "Karadžić, Lead Your Serbs".

### Verb

remove kebab (third-person singular simple present removes kebab, present participle removing kebab, simple past and past participle removed kebab)
* (Internet slang, humorous, offensive) To commit ethnic cleansing against Muslims.
** 2010, unknown author, (copypasta):REMOVE KEBAB remove kebab you are worst turk. you are the turk idiot you are the turk smell. return to croatioa. to our croatia cousins you may come our contry. you may live in the zoo….ahahahaha ,bosnia we will never forgeve you. cetnik rascal FUck but fuck asshole turk stink bosnia sqhipere shqipare..turk genocide best day of my life. take a bath of dead turk..ahahahahahBOSNIA WE WILL GET YOU!! do not forget ww2 .albiania we kill the king , albania return to your precious mongolia….hahahahaha idiot turk and bosnian smell so bad..wow i can smell it. REMOVE KEBAB FROM THE PREMISES. you will get caught. russia+usa+croatia+slovak=kill bosnia…you will ww2/ tupac alive in serbia, tupac making album of serbia . fast rap tupac serbia. we are rich and have gold now hahahaha ha because of tupac… you are ppoor stink turk… you live in a hovel hahahaha, you live in a yurt tupac alive numbr one #1 in serbia ….fuck the croatia ,..FUCKk ashol turks no good i spit﻿ in the mouth eye of ur flag and contry. 2pac aliv and real strong wizard kill all the turk farm aminal with rap magic now we the serba rule .ape of the zoo presidant georg bush fukc the great satan and lay egg this egg hatch and bosnia wa;s born. stupid baby form the eggn give bak our clay we will crush u lik a skull of pig. serbia greattst countrey
** 2015 July 11, anonymous author, 4chan‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-08:i would like to use this post to thank the serbs for doing an actual legitemate effort to remove kebab from our continentThis post is quoted in the 2023 research article "Far-right digital memory activism: Transnational circulation of memes and memory of Yugoslav wars".
** 2016 February 27, Saint George, “SDU: Salute to the European youth”, in uk.legal‎ (Usenet):Americans and thos evil jews from IsraHell unleashed all of these beasts that are heading towards us and sucking our welfare system dry. Remove kebab. Remove islamic filth. Burn the Quran. Destroy muslims. And let the United States and Israel perish. Death to these nations. MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN. WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES!﻿
** 2018 June 6, Luke Winkie, “The Struggle Over Gamers Who Use Mods To Create Racist Alternate Histories”, in Kotaku‎, archived from the original on 2019-02-28:[Dan] Lind describes parsing the space between authentic and sarcastic hyper-nationalism as a "daily challenge" for Paradox. The term "kebab" is banned from the company's forums because of its use as a pejorative in the "remove kebab" meme (which itself is associated with an old Serbian nationalist fight song).
** 2019 July 6, Rumi Khan, “The Alt-Right as Counterculture: Memes, Video Games and Violence”, in Harvard Political Review‎, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Institute of Politics, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-09-03:The Christchurch shooter politically identified himself as a "kebab remover." The words "remove kebab" was etched onto one of his assault rifles. […] [A] group of reddit communities that I help moderate based around the aforementioned Paradox Games decided to ban the 'remove kebab' meme after the Christchurch shooting. As an American Muslim involved in the community where the 'remove kebab' meme was most popular, it was shocking to see a phrase I myself had used be associated in acts of violence.
** 2019, Niko Vorobyov, Dopeworld: Undercover in the Secret War on Drugs, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 20:The Kosovans were in a prime position to exploit this moneymaking opportunity since Yugoslavia lay right on the Balkan route, the main pathway by which heroin enters Europe from the Middle East. This wasn't lost on the other side, either: Serbian ultranationalists, eager to 'remove kebab', also got in on the action.

### References

* ↑ “Serbia Strong / Remove Kebab”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007

### Further reading

* remove kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia