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titushky

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

Attested in 2014, borrowed from either Ukrainian тіту́шки pl (titúšky), тіту́шка sg (titúška), or Russian титу́шки pl (titúški), титу́шка sg (titúška), from the surname of mixed martial artist Vadym Titushko, Russian Вади́м Титу́шко (Vadím Titúško), Ukrainian Вади́м Тіту́шко (Vadým Titúško).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տիտուշկա (tituška) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Belarusian: ціту́шка (citúška) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Bulgarian: титушки (tituški) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Czech: tituška — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • French: titouchka — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Georgian: ტიტუშკა (ṭiṭušḳa) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Polish: tituszka — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Romanian: titușka — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Russian: титу́шка (titúška) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìtuška /тѝтушка — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest
  • Ukrainian: тіту́шка (titúška) — a violent pro-government vigilante involved in cracking down on popular protest