czerwoniak
//t͡ʂɛrˈvɔ.ɲak//
Polishnoun
Definitions
- 1.yellow press (newspaper publishing sensational articles, intended for less sophisticated readers)
- 2.hundy (one hundred zloty banknote)
- 3.colloquialcity bus
- 4.colloquialbrick building (unplastered building with walls made of red brick)
- 5.colloquialderogatoryred (communist)
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
From czerwony + -ak. Sense 2 is due to the fact that these busses were typically painted red during Polish People's Republic. Sense 3 is due the red printing ink used in the vignettes and headlines of these newspapers' articles. First attested in 1826.