gopnik
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian го́пник (gópnik).
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Noun edit
gopnik (plural gopniks or gopniki or gopota or gopari)
- (derogatory) In Russia, Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries, a member of a subculture of young people of lower-class low-income backgrounds, mostly millennials, who usually live in the Russian suburbs.
- Coordinate term: gopnitsa
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Translations edit
(pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and in other former Soviet republics