microball

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From micronation +‎ ball, by analogy with countryball or Polandball. Ostensibly coined on 30 August 2010 in the MicroWiki community.

Noun[edit]

microball (plural microballs)

  1. (micronationalism) Micronational countryballs.
    Synonym: micronationball
    • 2011 May 20, Demontux, “Micronations and Google Maps”, in MicroWiki Forums[1], archived from the original on 2012-06-20:
      I say we give Google the heave-ho and just make something like this. After all, microballs + world map + silly stuff going on = Win ;D
    • 2015 January 19, ABanimationLtd, Twitter[2]:
      Here is the first Adammic microball comic
    • 2017 July 11, u/Deleted, “Microball - Territorial Claims”, in r/micronations[3], Reddit:
      [See title]
    • 2019 November 19, ZoeKirkRobinson, Twitter[4]:
      I've been enjoying countrballs and micronationalism lately, so I've decided to join the two together with a new comic: Microball Moments. Here's episode 1! :D
    • 2022 November 27, u/KingSebastian1, r/micronations[5], Reddit:
      No joke nations or larpers (like Landland in that microballs series)