Krylatye slova

[Paul Richardson]

Dear SEELANGERS:

We want to start offering readers a short list of current krylatye  
slova and neologisms in each issue of our magazine, Russian Life. And  
we invite your submissions of word and phrase discoveries. They  
should be in current use and something like:

1) old words used in new and interesting ways, or old, culturally- 
charged words returning to the fore;

2) neologisms which seek to be "true" Russian words, using Slavic roots;

3) complete mash-ups, for example a photographer recently wrote that  
he was sending us "превьюшки" (prev'yushki) - i.e. previews;

4) interesting twists on set phrases (perhaps this is where to put  
the email greeting I seem to be getting with increasing frequency  
from temporally differentiated Russians: Доброго  
времени суток, Dobrovo vremeni sutok);

Email your discoveries directly to us at: editors at russianlife.net and  
cc the list if you like, to share them immediately with others. Where  
relevant, please provide citation, context, and - if spoken or  
written by a public official, that person's name and title.

We will credit you if we use your contribution (unless you tell us  
not to), and the best contribution for each bimonthly issue will be  
offered a gift of a free tshirt!

We look forward to hearing from you.

Paul Richardson
Publisher and Editor
Russian Life magazine
PO Box 567
Montpelier, VT 05601
802.223.4955
www.russianlife.net
editors at russianlife.net

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