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[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

what does гэбня really mean? it is somekind of fascist state oppressor.... but how would it be translated?

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[svl.livejournal.com]

That`s KGB or KGB employees, at least that's how they are called by local idiots from Other Russia etc.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

why did the k fall off?

[shlema.livejournal.com]

Гэбня is pejorative name of КГБ (KGB or State Security Committee) that was in ex-USSR.

[svl.livejournal.com]

well, I think they used GB part, which means госбезопасность.

[shlema.livejournal.com]

Exactly not KGB but KGB employees.

[alamar.livejournal.com]

Поздравляю Вас соврамши (I congratulate your lie)

Гэбня can mean:
Ex-KGB employees, KGB as an agency and any KGB-like structure (i.e. state internal security department) and their way to work.
Often used in humourous context to refer some questionable actions by such people or structures.
Can be used both by proponents or opponents, as it doesn't really hold emotional charge today.

[alamar.livejournal.com]

It's often used as "кровавая гэбня".

[ryzhaya-rysya.livejournal.com]

I'm sure this word is used only with negative tint.

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Nope. It was originally, but its inventors (from liberal wing) overused the word so heavily,
and as they are generally tend to be laughed at by the majority, that now it's more often used in
sarcastic context, to mock the ultra-liberals speak, than as a slur it was in the beginning.

[e-tolstoon.livejournal.com]

No.

"Кровавая гэбня"

[wire-shock.livejournal.com]

I agree, the word is surely negative.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

spasibo!

[the-kot.livejournal.com]

Definitely not. It is used "both by proponents or opponents".

[brissen.livejournal.com]

Just like with "жидомасонский заговор против России" (Jewish-Masonic Conspiracy against Russia), which was initially used by ultra-nationalists, but today means that someone's making way too far-going conclusions, or trying to blame some secret overwhelming power instead of his incompetence:

- I just can't find my keys anywhere! Someone must have stolen them!
- Yeah, yeah, that must be Jewish-Masonic Conspiracy in action =/

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Exactly!