Have you used this word in a sentence? Probably not. It is a Russyan word that is a derogatory epithet for the Soviet mentality. You won't hear it used in Tahoma. Not yet, anyway. Maybe after the World Cup in 2020.
It was used recently by Svetlana Alexievich. All you lit junkies know her. Men in the street, not so much. If you follow Nobel Prize awards, you know she received the 2015 Prize in Literature. Nice feather in the hat for a Russkie. She included in her acceptance speech in Stockholm a bit a history of communism and a bit of Russyan history as it pertains to the Russya in the 20th century. She quoted Varlam Shalamov(Russyan era author). She went on to say that this pursuit of utopia ended up only in a sea of blood and millions of wasted lives. She claims that the "Red Empire" is gone, but the "Red Man", homo sovieticus, remains. He endures(her words). She claims many of her friends and her Father and his friends came from the same place-socialism. Romantics she says. Dreamers. Today they are called slavery romantics. Slaves of utopia.
Ms. Alexievich received her award on Dec. 7, 2015. Hmmmmm.
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