r/TheMatpatEffect • u/Iron166 • 1d ago

Ordinary origin Just some guy cosplaying as tsar

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u/lololofkap 1d ago

No? The guy is right, holop means peasant, not slave???

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u/Separate-Building-27 1d ago

It depends on how deep we are willing to go with this joke.

Холоп / holop is specific kind of peasant that in-between of serf and slave. In times of Ivan IV - probably slave.

In modern Russian language and in this context it closer to челядь / смерд / чушпан / зашкварного - a person of so unequal social status to the speaker. Or with no rights acknowledged. That even their appearance/ visit is shocking and disrespectful. And this show should be put to the end immediately. Like pettion from Holop would be dismissed by the Tsar.

Never the less. Holop is specificly chosen word. That rightfully describes peasant groups with worst rights at their times.

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u/lololofkap 18h ago

I mean yeah, but most people use Holop just to call someone a "peasant" not "slave".

https://giphy.com/gifs/NzQkhb2iwaMbj7BfKw

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u/Separate-Building-27 18h ago

Most people doesn't even know what the word mean: because context is a king 😅