Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

russian reversal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: rus-sian re-ver-sal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of joke that reverses the subject and object of an ordinary statement, claiming to describe the situation in Soviet Russia.

Example Sentences

"Sounds like a Russian Reversal. "In Soviet Japan, life lives YOU!""
"Decades ago comics like Yakov Smirnoff used to do “Russian Reversal” jokes: “In America you can always find a party! In Soviet Russia, party always finds you.”"
"Smirnoff's popularity has waned since its high point in the 1980s, but the Russian reversal enjoys a vibrant second act as an internet meme, and it has shaped an image of late Soviet life as harsh and impoverished […]"

Inflected Forms

Russian reversals (plural)

Questions

What does russian reversal mean?: A type of joke that reverses the subject and object of an ordinary statement, claiming to describe the situation in Soviet Russia.

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