Bojany

[John Dunn]

Curiously, the Bol'shoj slovar' russkogo zhargon gives the collocation антикварный баян, but with meaning of 'total nonsense'.   

John Dunn.
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R. M. Cleminson [rmcleminson at POST.SK]
Sent: 21 July 2012 15:00
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Bojany

Many thanks to all that replied.  A боян/баян clearly isn't the same as a meme, since Russian sources may differentiate between the two ("Исследовательский интерес вызывают понятия, которые свойственны исключительно интернетовым текстам, например мем, боян и др."), so in an internet context it is evidently a repeated reposting (for which we don't seem to have a special word in English), or perhaps exactly the same as it is in the wider world, simply an old joke.

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