Open Mic Saturday Word: Zhabohadyuking.

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(Image description: a Tweet from Mykhailo Lavrovskyi:

Americans are learning the depths of the Ukrainian concept of zhabohadyuking.

Zhabohadyuking

(noun, slang, ironic)
[From Ukrainian zbaba (frog) + hadyuka (viper) + English-style suffix -ing]

Definition: a messy, absurd conflict in which both sides are equally awful, toxic, or ridiculous.

Shitshows where every participant sucks.
Political slap fights between clowns.
Situations so cringe and cursed they feel like a cursed animal mating ritual.

Origin: The term comes from a Ukrainian expression “the frog is screwing the viper” (їба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку)—a vulgar, folkloric way of saying “this is a hideous match-up no one asked for.”

Source: https://x.com/Lavrovskyi/status/1930702385154077045; via mariakov81 on Tumblr, including an audio pronunciation: https://mariakov81.tumblr.com/post/785622581755674624/maria-zhabohad