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- Russian · borrowed fromмо́бик
- English todaymobik
Borrowed from Russian мо́бик (móbik), from моб(илизо́ванный) (mob(ilizóvannyj), “mobilized”) + -ик (-ik, diminutive suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mobik
Today it means: A Russian conscript during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, especially a young man with little to no fighting experience. Full definition →
Russian мо́бик