down to Senegal They also develop their own stereotypes and nicknames of the politicians, such as: Ion Iliescu "Nelu Cotrocelu" or "Bunicuța" ("The Granny") - associated with the Cotroceni Palace owl Adrian Năstase "Bombonel" ("Candy Boy") - in reference to his alleged homosexuality Traian Băsescu "Popeye Marinarul" ("Popeye the Sailor") - due to Băsescu's former job as a commercial navy captain Theodor Stolojan "The robot", "Robocop" or "Frankie" - due to his voice and comic resemblance to the classic image of Frankenstein's monster Petre Roman - suggests that he is rather popular among the female workers of the APACA textile factory in Bucharest (whom they reported shouting once: Nu vrem bani! Nu vrem valută! Vrem pe Roman să ne fută! ("We don't want money! We don't want hard currency! We want Roman to fuck us!"). Gheorghe Dumitrașcu - suggests that he washes infrequently Nicolae Văcăroiu "Votcăroiu" - allegedly heavy drinker of "Săniuța", a low-grade brand of vodka (votcă) Șerban Mihăilescu "Miki Șpagă" ("Mickey Bribe") - corruption allegations Marian Vanghelie - he has poor grammatical skills, as coined by Vanghelie's frequent and indiscriminate use of Care este ("Which is"), as a predicate for singular and plural subjects alike. See also Le Canard enchaîné, a French counterpart The Clinic, a Chilean counterpart Frank, a Canadian counterpart El Jueves, a Spanish counterpart Moskovskaya Komsomolka, a Russian counterpart NJUZ, a Serbian counterpart Noseweek, a South African counterpart The Onion, a US counterpart Private Eye, a British counterpart The Phoenix, an Irish counterpart Titanic, a German counterpart See also List of magazines in Romania References External links Academia Cațavencu 1991 establishments in Romania Satirical magazines published in Romania Magazines established in 1991 Magazines published in Bucharest Romanian-language magazines Political magazines published in Romania Weekly magazines published in Romania Romanian political satire