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)

1. (derogatory) A person uncritically supporting Soviet values or having a Soviet mentality.
2. (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)
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• 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
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• 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 using this term, see Citations:sovok.

Anagrams

• Kosov@, vooks