sovok

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈvɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈvɑk/, /səˈvoʊk/

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.

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sovok.

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

• sovkovyi, sovkovii (adjective)

• Kosov@, vooks