How Americans Spot a Non-American

Text on the meme

How do you, dear Americans, determine that I am not American? It’s your ebalo

What it means

A man poses beside a river and bridge in a social media post asking Americans how they can tell he is not American. The joke is the reply “It’s your ebalo,” using a Russian-sounding transliteration of “ебало” as an absurd insult about his face or appearance. EN: A man poses beside a river and bridge in a social media post asking Americans how they can tell he is not American. The joke is the reply “It’s your ebalo,” using a Russian-sounding transliteration of “ебало” as an absurd insult about his face or appearance.

Objects

man in sweater / мужчина в свитере black pants / чёрные брюки white sneakers / белые кроссовки river / река bridge / мост waterfront promenade / набережная chain barrier / цепное ограждение stone bollard / каменный столбик social media post / публикация в соцсети comment section / раздел комментариев