skutnik 

Skutniks or "Lenny Skutniks" are the people who get invited to the State of the Union Address and are mentioned in the speech. To the cynical, Skutniks are stagecraft. (First employed by Ronald Reagan celebrating a hero rescuer of the Washington D.C. plane crash two weeks before.

What's a Skutnik and Why Is One Sitting Next to Michelle Obama at the State of the Union?
BRIAN RESNICK NATIONAL JOURNAL
FEB 11, 2013

“President Obama will look up at the first lady's box, glance to the left or the right of his wife, and then sing praises of Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha, a Medal of Honor recipient. That's because Romesha is a Skutnik.”

skutnik by Yosemite Tom February 4, 2019

Mark Greg Sputnik 

A fictional character created by Michael Scott in an episode of The Office.

Kevin suggests Michael's initials of MGS (Michael Gary Scott), but Michael interjects that he doesn’t want Mark Greg Sputnik to take the credit.

Mark Greg Sputnik by Saucemuffin January 20, 2011

don't be such a sputnik 

A sputnik is a guy who orbits around a woman, pretending to be her friend, with the ulterior and covert motive of becoming her lover.

Sputnik is a reference to the first artificial Earth satellite. Similar to the satellite that orbits Earth, the guy orbits the female friend, hoping for more. Therefore, he is an orbital.

Max, don't be such a sputnik! You do her homework daily but haven't even asked her out yet.

don't be such a sputnik by keepexploring April 28, 2020

Sputnik Moment 

A term popularized (although not coined, as many think) after being used by President Barack Obama in his 2011 State of the Union Address. It refers to a moment of challenge when a country (or person) realizes they must work harder to surpass their competitor. Caught on like wildfire that same night as Twitter users & others found the phrase catalyzed adolescent-like paroxysms of merriment for no absolutely discernible reason other than joyful immaturity.

Greg had his Sputnik Moment when he realized he was the same age as the dude who founded Facebook.

Jim: Dude, I just had my Sputnik Moment about Jenny.
Josh: What was it dude?
Jim: I caught her in a Sputnik Moment with Niles.

Sputnik Moment by PsiChic January 28, 2011

Sputnikmusic 

Sputnikmusic is a famous music website mentioned by many popular music magazines and websites due to their music reviews. Known for their sophisticated reviews and whacky personalities, both staff and non-staff people (called users) are enabled to post music reviews, news articles, and music lists.

- Man, Sputnikmusic rated the new Taylor Swift album a 2.5. Holy shit!

- wow, this new review from Sowing is great.

- oh boy, this pizzamachine guy is a character but his reviews are good.

- who the fuck is this Johnnythewell guy???! He rated Sleep Token so low wtffff. Omg he sounds like such a snob. Does he even listen to the albums before he reviews them?

Sputnikmusic by kintups July 25, 2023

sputnik 

Sputnik is a term often used in the INTERNET forums to describe when a user snags an IP address from another user. The Sputnik method of IP retrieval is simply to set up a server on your home computer then you place image files. When in a forum you simply send a private message with the image file and the server you set up will tell you the IP of the person viewing the image. This is called the Sputnik . The Sputnik was named after a widely popular INTERNET real life person that goes by the handle Sputnik.

Hey that guy got my IP by sending me an image file in a private message. Looks I got a sputnik.

sputnik by John D. Thompson November 8, 2005

Sputnik V 

The name of the Russian vaccine that may or may not turn everyone communist

Person 1: OMG did you hear of the new Sputnik V vaccine created by Russia?
Person 2: Yeah I got it today its удивительный
Person 1: What?!
Person 2: Присоединяйся или умри присоединяйся или умри присоединяйся или умри присоединяйся или умри присоединяйся или умри
Person 1: OH NO! (Joins the motherland)

Sputnik V by Ethan.c713 February 3, 2021