Vic: Can you explain Johnsonuk to me?
Valeria: It’s a very funny phenomenon because, well- I don’t know about him much, but I only know that he was in a position of power, some power in the UK. At the time, well, at the start of the full-scale invasion war he was coming to Ukraine a lot and he became a meme for saying “dobry den everybody” and we memed the hell out of him. His nickname in Instagram was JohnsonUK.
Vic: Ohhhhh.
Valeria: So you know in Ukraine the surnames often end with -co or -uk. That’s why Johnsonuk [pronounced Johnsonyuk] is more of a Ukrainian surname.
Vic: So he’s Johnsonuk now?
Valeria: Yes, we’ve taken him into our family.
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