vatnyk

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian ва́тник (vátnyk).

Noun

vatnyk (plural vatnyks)

1. (rare) Alternative form of vatnik
   • 2018 May 30, “Useful Idiots: Kremlin's scheme to legalise the occupation of Ukraine in Europe is failing”, in Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Iraq‎^[1]:

     Resort to using old, Soviet rhetoric which remains an effective means of influencing the zombie population of vatnyks.

   • 2022 March 14, Olegh Bondarenko, “This will be completely new Ukraine”, in Medium‎^[2]:

     Kharkiv, Mariupol, Slovyansk will start to become Ukrainian in front of our eyes. Because it is already unprestigious to stay “vatnyk” (literally — “a jacket quilted with cotton wool” — means “russian follower”).

   • 2022 August 19, u/RepresentativeLink95, Reddit‎^[3], archived from the original on January 5, 2024:

     I personally like the acronym LGBTCIA. some deranged vatnyk buffoon called me it on tumblr and I thought it was funny.

   • 2023 December 17, Szczepan Twardoch, “Darkness over Donbas: Nine stories about war”, in The Point‎^[4]:

     We went back inside and then the house’s owner arrived, a sullen vatnyk whom Dmytro paid off to keep his house available for billeting, like we were doing. The vatnyk was holding a ten-liter can of water, one of the soldiers asked him to light the stove, he muttered a refusal and left.