Etymology

gopnik

gop·nik
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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Russian го́пник
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromго́пник
  2. English todaygopnik

Borrowed from Russian го́пник (gópnik).

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