Poshanka

Pronounced: "Poe-Sh-ane-kah"

A word that originates from the game Hollow Knight Silksong, which means "Hail Warrior", "On your feet", or some other form of formal friendly greeting, presumably between friends or family.

Person 1: "Poshanka!"
Person 2 who doesn't know what they just said: "What?"
Person 1: "You seriously don't know what that means?"
Person 3: "I do! Poshanka my friends!"
Person 1: "Yippee! :3"

Poshanka by James Calysto (JC) January 22, 2026

Posankanize

verb

- To make (something) worse

- To equip poor qualities to a machine (for the worse)

Synonyms: worsen, weaken

Antonyms: unposankanize, improve

I was furious when I found out that the mechanic had posankanized my car.

Posankanize by BEETH0VN April 13, 2025