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Moscow

(MLE, slang) A nickname for ; named because of gun violence and the use of Russian-made contraband firearms.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(MLE, slang) A nickname for ; named because of gun violence and the use of Russian-made contraband firearms.

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  • “#ceasefire #conflict #Germany #Kyiv #Moscow #Nazi #Putin #WarCriminal 💀 ☭★ #Russia #Mordor 💀 ☭★ #Russian #strike #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini 🔱 🌻 💪🏼 #Ukrainian #Vladimir Putin #war #WWII”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “‘The president and his family have stopped going to their residences in the Moscow region and in north-western Valdai. Putin is spending more time in bunkers… while state media use recorded footage to project normality.’ www.ft.com/content/fe70...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Too late. Russia and Putin have already lost. It’s just now a matter of weeks, perhaps months, before regime change in Moscow and the breakdown of the CIS.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “As Moscow prepares for Victory Day, the Red Square is being covered in anti-drone netting. The scaled-back parade and these heavy security measures signal a stark reality: the impact of the war has reached the heart of Russia.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(metonymy, politics) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.

An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”
Origin: Ultimately from , originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from (“swamp, dampness, moisture”). Perhaps related to , , , and more distantly , , , all from . Cognate with .. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “4/ Russia has now occupied about 20 percent of Ukraine for over four years. These four years have granted Moscow time and space to solidify its control over occupied territories using a variety of military, social, economic, political, legal, and bureaucratic mechanisms.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “One-of-a-kind pizza shop in the Poconos https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/184400/ Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:08PM Moscow, Pa — Ferri’s Pizza in the Poconos serves up a unique style…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Translated into plain language, it sounds an awful lot like Putin was calling Trump and asking him to lean on Volodymyr Zelensky to make sure Ukrainian drones don’t rain on the Moscow parade."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Vụ nổ lớn tại Moscow do bị tấn công bằng máy bay không người lái”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Algeria is Russia’s Southern Air Bridge Moscow’s Sanctions-Dodging Air Network Through North Africa - and the blueprint to close it down A free explainer thread from Beefy. Please share and support his work today! open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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