Oh those wacky Brits and their quaint little words

  • bigbologna [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Bolo was a derogatory expression for Bolsheviks used by British service personnel in the North Russian Expeditionary Force which intervened against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and other Nazi leaders used it in reference to the worldwide political movement coordinated by the Comintern.

    sometimes wikipedia produces a banger juxtaposition