English

Etymology
From Cyrillic + faux, French for false.

Adjective
faux Cyrillic

1. Of or pertaining to Faux Cyrillic.

Proper noun
faux Cyrillic

1. Usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visibly similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more 'Russian' feel for a text.

#: The line 'IÐ� ТÐ�IÐ� ТЯIP ЯEÐ�Ð�Ð�У Ð�EСEÐ�Ð�Ð�ЯУ?' (for 'Is this trip really necessary') is found in Frank Zappa's song 'I don't wanna get draft|drafted' ¹.

See also
heavy metal umlaut
w:Faux Cyrillic|Wikipedia article on Faux Cyrillic

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