vatniks

Noun

vatnik (plural vatniks or vatniki)

1. A Russian style of quilted jacket.
   • Two models each for men and women are featured at prices ranging from 100 to 140 rubles, more than the cost of a 'vatnik.' (The ruble is nominally valued at four to $1.)1959, Men's Wear
2. (derogatory) An unintelligent Russian patriot.
   • Vatnik, originally a name of a warm cotton-padded Russian jacket that is still used sometimes in rural areas, has a broad meaning of all people with imperial Russian ideology.2015 January 5, Oksana Grytsenko, “Ukrainian wartime glossary: Ukrop, Vatnik and more”, in Kyiv Post (news), →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   sovok, portyanka

3. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, neologism) A supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian nationalism, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022; a Putinist.

   Synonyms:

   Putinist, zigger, Ivan

4. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, neologism) A soldier in the Russian armed forces involved in the invasion of Ukraine.

   Synonyms:

   orc