Tibla
Sign in to saveTibla (tiblad in plural) is an insult in the Estonian language, which typically refers to a Russian-speaking citizen of the former Soviet Union (USSR) who is hostile towards other cultures and countries. Tibla was a censored word during the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia.
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Tibla (tiblad in plural) is an insult in the Estonian language, which typically refers to a Russian-speaking citizen of the former Soviet Union (USSR) who is hostile towards other cultures and countries. Tibla was a censored word during the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia.
==Origin== There are several hypotheses about the origin of the word.
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