sovok

English

Etymology

From Russian сово́к (sovók, “scoop, dustpan”), which starts similarly to сове́т (sovét, “Soviet”) or сове́тский (sovétskij, “Soviet (adjective)”).

Noun

sovok (plural sovoks or sovki)

(derogatory) A person uncritically supporting Soviet values or having a Soviet mentality.
(derogatory) The Soviet Union, Soviet times, or things associated with the Soviet Union.

Translations

person with Soviet mentality

Estonian: sovett, tibla (et)
Finnish: neukku (fi), neukkulainen (fi)

Russian: сово́к (ru) m (sovók) (male or female), совде́повец (ru) m (sovdépovec), совде́повка f (sovdépovka)
Ukrainian: сово́к m (sovók)

Soviet Union, disparagingly

Finnish: Neukkula (fi) (Soviet Union); neukkukama (things)
French: Sovdépie f
German: Sowdepien n

Russian: сово́к (ru) m (sovók), совде́пия (ru) f (sovdépija), совде́п (ru) m (sovdép)
Ukrainian: совде́п m (sovdép)

Usage notes

Also used attributively. The term is not fully naturalized in English, and often appears in italics or quotation marks.

Synonyms

Homo sovieticus, homo sovieticus (a person supporting Soviet values)
sovdep, sovdepia/sovdepiya (Soviet Union, things associated with the Soviet Union)
vatnik, portyanka

Related terms

sovkovyi, sovkovii (adjective)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sovok.

Anagrams

Kosov@, vooks

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