Ukrop

{{Short description|Ethnic slur}}

{{expand language|langcode=ru|Укроп (прозвище)|langcode2=uk|Укроп (неологізм)|langcode3=zh|蒔蘿 (稱呼)}}

{{For-multi|the political party|UKROP|other uses}}

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Ukrop ({{langx|ru|укроп}}, {{IPA|ru|ʊˈkrop|pron}}; literally "dill") is a Russian-language deriding term for Ukrainians. The term is a reference to the dill plant and bears a superficial syntactical similarity with the first half of the Russian word for Ukrainians.[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/putin-unapologetic-uncompromising-on-war-against-ukraine-375567.html Putin unapologetic, uncompromising on war against Ukraine], Kyiv Post (December 18, 2014){{cite news|last1=Berdy|first1=Michele A.|title=Talking Smack About Ukrainians and Russians|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/talking-smack-about-ukrainians-and-russians-37647|accessdate=February 1, 2018|publisher=The Moscow Times|date=July 24, 2014|language=en}}

It was reclaimed as an ironic nickname by Ukrainian soldiers in 2014 during the war in Donbas, and a shoulder patch was designed by Andriy Yermolenko.[https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/274023.html The UKROP party reaches a settlement with the creator of their logo] The ironic use lost popularity after it was adopted as the name of the Ukrainian political party UKROP.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}