A mock-pet name for the
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, used to underline the absurdity of treating a KGB-trained revanchist warmonger
like a misunderstood poodle. Most often used with heavy irony to emphasize the West’
s naive appeasement or to ridicule the infantilization of a regime engaged in systemic repression, foreign invasions, and weaponized nostalgia for the empire of
evil.
Derived from “Putin” + the puerile duplicity of Western leaders pretending a dead-eyed autocrat just needs a hug.