It's Ukrainian and more generally East European slang for all Russians and it appears long before war in Ukraine, actually, it started very soon after publishing Tolkien's books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A45E:72A7:1:DABB:C1FF:FEAC:7283 (talk) 13:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Yes, not only for Russian army, but usually used only by Ukrainians, and I never heard it before 2022. My very best wishes (talk)
Sorry, I dont know how to authorize here properly, but i want to add my point. Ukrainians call them "orcs" not only because russian soldiers brutality and chaos (like spreading war crimes), but also because russian army uses cannonfoder assault tactic, which exactly what Talkien's orcs did. There is a lot of them and they not respect life of eachother, so they have certainly something in common with that fantasy evil force. Weird that nobody wrote about that in article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.163.45.150 (talk) 09:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You are welcome to contribute to the page or suggest specific changes here (let's include "..."), but remember that all content must be reliably sourced. My very best wishes (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
- There is a book The politics and international relations of fantasy films and television : to win or die by Joel R. Campbell, page 51. Author makes a point that the actual (fictional) Orcs have been originally devised by J. R. R. Tolkien to mimic the people used as cannon fodder in major wars of 20th century, and yes, the specific army. Ukrainians simply noticed something that was already meant and placed to these characters by Tolkien. See The Great War and Middle-earth. My very best wishes (talk) 21:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamedeus (talk) 18:30, 23 April 2024 (UTC)