чушпан

Russian

Etymology

A variant form of чушка́н (čuškán), from чу́шка (čúška, piglet).

Repopularised by the 2023 series Слово пацана. Кровь на асфальте (The Word of a Boy. Blood on the Asphalt), centred around youth gangs in Kazan in the late 1980s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊʂˈpan]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

чушпа́н • (čušpánm anim (genitive чушпана́, nominative plural чушпаны́, genitive plural чушпано́в)

  1. (slang) nerd, geek, wimp, pussy, patsy, weed (non-chav, non-thug)
    Synonyms: терпи́ла (terpíla), лох (lox)

Declension