What is "serbenda"

Serbenda or Srbenda , (plural Serbendas) is a term for a Serb who is thoroughly and uncompromisingly devoted to all things Serbian. Generally considered a term of endearment by Serbs, it can sometimes contain negative connotations, referring to nationalist aggression and heightened tribalism.

Serbian writer and scholar Jovan Skerlić in 1925 described the "Serbenda" as being an "autochthonous, raw Serb, without a trace of anything foreign".

University of Alberta professor of Cultural Anthropology Marko Zivkovic says the term "carries the connotations of rusticity, simplicity, and traditional patriarchal values-the opposite of high culture polish and cosmopolitan sophistication".

The word "Srbenda" (anglicized Serbenda) is an augmentative of Srbin ("a Serb").