12.01.2026
“Пройдоха” vs “Opportunist”:
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect
The Cultural Code Behind Charm, Cynicism, and Consent Choose your language → What It Really Means In Russian, the word пройдоха (proydókha) doesn’t simply mean “a trickster” or “an opportunist.” It’s much more layered — somewhere between admiration and suspicion, charm and irritation, action and manipulation. A пройдоха is someone who: It’s not a criminal.It’s […]
Tymur Levitin
