To split something (usually a state) apart, on a usually ethnic basis. This verb first appeared in the 1990's during the War in Bosnia, led by Croats, Serbs and Bosnians, which caused the demise of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). It is nowadays again popular with Kosovar Albanians trying to rip off a part of Serbia -Kosovo (15% of Serbian territory, imagine the US without Texas)- for themselves.
by Ntex March 30, 2008
by Downstrike May 27, 2004
(Turkish or Persian, n.) The Balkans is geopolitical region that is within southeastern Europe. Within the region's several countries, there is a total of 55,000,000 people (if we are counting the Greek Islands), or 32,000,000 people within the region's peninsula.
The term "balkans" originally came from the Persian "balk", which means mud, and the Turkish suffix "kan" which is a swampy forest. However, in modern Turkish, the word "balkan" means "a chain of wooded mountains".
A home to a wide variety of cultures, countries, and consistently useless and pointless wars, the region is well known for its exportation of competent individuals with slightly nationalistic tendencies, exceptionally strong liquor, (apparently) good wine, very tasty but fat-inducing cuisinery, gästarbeiters for Western countries, and the term known as "balkanization", which is a pejorative term for the fragmentation of a larger region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or uncooperative with each other because of pointless differences.
The region contains the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean seas, the Dinaric and Albanian Alps, and certain places that are either popular with tourists or underrated. The highest peak in the Balkans is Mt. Musala, and the Balkans is home to various amounts of flora and fauna.
The term "balkans" originally came from the Persian "balk", which means mud, and the Turkish suffix "kan" which is a swampy forest. However, in modern Turkish, the word "balkan" means "a chain of wooded mountains".
A home to a wide variety of cultures, countries, and consistently useless and pointless wars, the region is well known for its exportation of competent individuals with slightly nationalistic tendencies, exceptionally strong liquor, (apparently) good wine, very tasty but fat-inducing cuisinery, gästarbeiters for Western countries, and the term known as "balkanization", which is a pejorative term for the fragmentation of a larger region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or uncooperative with each other because of pointless differences.
The region contains the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean seas, the Dinaric and Albanian Alps, and certain places that are either popular with tourists or underrated. The highest peak in the Balkans is Mt. Musala, and the Balkans is home to various amounts of flora and fauna.
yeah, no matter how much i don't want to admit it because it's a piece of shit, i'm from the balkans
by ImNotTheOxfordDictionary July 19, 2021
Nevena balkanized her salad adding cvarci (fried porc fat) and prosciutto (dried meat).
Ana became sad when Francois refused his ratatouille to be balkanized with cevapi.
Ana became sad when Francois refused his ratatouille to be balkanized with cevapi.
by eordeos June 25, 2017
adj:
1) especially creamy and smooth, after the style of yoghourt produced in the Balkans
2) especially satisfying or fulfilling
adv:
3) with special attention paid to detail
4) brutally, forwardly, directly
1) especially creamy and smooth, after the style of yoghourt produced in the Balkans
2) especially satisfying or fulfilling
adv:
3) with special attention paid to detail
4) brutally, forwardly, directly
1) Replace sour cream with Balkan-style yoghourt
2) This band's new album is Balkan-Style!
3) I'm writing my memoirs Balkan-style.
4) I'll tell you what I think, Mister, I'll tell you Balkan-style.
2) This band's new album is Balkan-Style!
3) I'm writing my memoirs Balkan-style.
4) I'll tell you what I think, Mister, I'll tell you Balkan-style.
by benedict April 20, 2005
Doing something regardless of your little to zero knowledge on the subject, refusing any kind of help or advice especially from women and younger people in order to appear smarter and more capable. Often the incompetence of the person performing the balkan dad action is exposed but any kind of feedback is discarded in an attempt to protect their fragile ego.
-Are you sure you know how to fix my chair? I can ask my friend to do it... I don't want you to balkan dad it again.
by kalivisuals March 29, 2021