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A stereotypical term that refers to young russians living in lower class.
I saw gopniks dancing to hardbass
Gopnik by AI Goalies May 29, 2018
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gotnik • gopnik • Gothika • gobnik • godnika • Goniker • Gornik • gotnit • Gotrik • Gutnik
Plural 'gopniki', these are Russian white trash, commonly found on the outskirts of Moscow and in towns throughout Russia. Clothes and behaviour are remarkably similar to those of the British chav, i.e. tracksuits, baseball caps, outdoor drinking and petty criminality. The only difference is that they speak Russian.
"Don't go to Podmoskovie, for fuck's sake. Nothing there but gopniki."
gopnik by PaddyJ May 31, 2007

balanced gopnik 

A white trash Russian male who is squatting down, usually in the most inconvenient of places, in order to show his dominance over the other gopnik of the region. Can usually be found balanced on top of fence posts and garbage cans. Will usually say "Oi Blyat" to those who pass by. Be very careful as these creatures are known to be very territorial, they will attac if their balance is being threatened.
Troy: Hey bro be careful when you go to practice today.
Alex: Why bro?
Troy: Cause there's a balanced gopnik on the fence next to the field.
Alex: Thanks bro, I could have been killed.
the gopnik, plural "gopniki" or "gopota" are originally, russian lower class (and by lower class i do not imply that there is a middle one) youth from the criminal regions of moscow, who were controlled by the local mafias. In 1980s and 1990s, developed into a youth subculture that opposed other subcultures such as the bikers, the punks, the KPSS, etc. just for the hell of it. nowdays, the gops are controlled only loosely by higher criminal organizations and are usually found in any novostroiki regions. Their native language is mat, and they feed themselves through robberies, known as "gop stop" and small operations. their most common attire are fake addidas track-suits and knopka caps, although those are now less popular. They often assiciate themselves with the Skins, or the neo-nazi movements, and beat up asians, caucaus peoples, blacks, jews, and homosexuals, as well as their main enemies, the punks. Basically, they are trash with no past, culture, or education, and with a future that consists of kutuzka (slammer) or the military, and later death from heroin od, or liver cyrosis, like the rest of us.
"Moskovskaya gopota(gopniki) s kajdim dnem plodits'a i razrostayets'a, kak gadina bolotnaya"
gopnik by Winston Wax October 24, 2007
A Gopnik is a Russian troublemaker.
Hey there is the local Gopnik.
Gopnik by YINGU_-- June 6, 2020
situation in which someone sees or feels things that no one else does and those who don't think those who can are crazy, when they're not... also can be spelled gothica
the movie Gothika was based around people who seem schizophrenic to everyone but themselves.
Gothika by NoN-XisteNt November 23, 2003
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