titushky

== English == === Alternative forms === titushki === 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). === Noun === titushky pl (plural only) (neologism) 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 2016: Olesya Khremeychuk, “Sexuality and Revolution in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Human Rights for the LGBT Community in the Euromaidan Protests of 2013–2014,” in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, v 2, n 1, p 26: We see typically dressed titushky. One of them had a head injury and was bleeding a lot. Titushka or not, he’s a human being. ==== Synonyms ==== agents provocateurs ==== Translations ====