In the USSR, this is what they called those who cut in line: today's youth won't even understand what we're talking about
Those who lived in the Soviet Union probably remember the saying that there are two types of beer: there is beer and there is no beer.
And they probably also remember the long lines for beer.
In the late USSR, due to shortages, people would line up at kiosks in the morning to get their hands on the coveted foamy drink.
Some citizens did not want to stand in line and brazenly pushed others. Such impudent people were called dushmans in the Soviet Union, reports sport24.ru .
What does the word "dushman" mean?
This slang became entrenched in the Russian language during the war in Afghanistan.
The Afghan authorities called the mujahideen rebels "dushmans": in Pashto, the word "dushman" means "enemy".
Soviet soldiers also began to use this word, and so it migrated to the USSR.
However, in civilian life it was used in a different sense. According to Elistratov's Dictionary of Russian Argot, the word "dushman" means a person who buys something without waiting in line, pushing his way through the crowd to the counter.
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