Ukropium
nounEtymology Blend of Ukro- (“related to Ukraine”) + copium (“a delusion meant to help someone cope with a loss”) + hopium (“an irrational and unfounded hope”), influenced by Russian укро́п (ukróp), a slur towards Ukrainians.
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Internet, Derogatory, Offensive A form of wishful thinking in which Ukraine is expected to prevail against Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
- 2 months later, no real panic with the first Challenger being deleted. We can see that folks are just huffing tons of Ukropium to keep their pretend reality from imploding.
- They are all saying Time is in Russia’s payroll now! That’s some serious hyper-Ukropium right there!
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- One violent meme from our data depicts a figure – characterized by features that, on 4chan, are stereotypically associated with transgender individuals, such as long hair and long eyelashes – draped in the Ukrainian flag and being hanged while hooked to a tank labelled ‘ukropium’ (a blend of ‘Ukrainian’ and ‘copium’)[2025 August, Hanna Fossberg, Katrine Fangen, “Weaponized Humor and Militarized Masculinity: The Role of Memes in Far-Right Discourse on the Russo-Ukrainian War”, in Journal of Gender Studies, →DOI: