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Hey, could anybody out there with Russian language background ( @Leucrotta?) help me out with a shenanigan?

Which would be a more correct Cyrillic transliteration: ок бумэр, ок бумр, or something else? I have some elderly "American" patriots to annoy over on Birdsite. O:)

@zebratron2084 @Leucrotta From what I can tell, it's "бумер". (specifically, short for бэби-бумер in the exact same way "boomer" is short for baby boomer)

@Thaminga @zebratron2084 What little I can find backs Vera up on this one (remember I learned Russian in hopes of studying lakes, not to annoy elderly American "patriots."

@zebratron2084 it literally just occurred to me that “ok” is “ladno.”

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