sputnik

a series of russian artificial satellites sent into orbit during the late 1950s. literally “fellow wanderer” in russian. sputnik i made history on october 4, 1957, by becoming the first man-made object put into orbit. sputnik ii would follow later, this time carrying laika, the first dog in sp-ce.
sputnik i amazed and terrified the american public: the small blipping dome made an orbit every ninety minutes, a symbol of soviet sp-ce supremacy.
shoving a potato in someones -ss
we held him down and gave him a sputnik in front of the whole cafeteria
a derogatory term for a russian, derived from the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit on october 4, 1957, of the same name
i didn’t realize john’s real name was vaughnya… yeah he’s a sputnik
the first of its kind and harbinger. a telltale event.
i was late to go through p-b-rty and was a junior in high school when my first sputnik got airborne.
didn’t know what i was going to do with my life until landing that sputnik apprenticeship in accounting.
a derogatory name for hash, esp in manchester. mainly used when distinguishing hashish from bud. also shortened to sput.

originated because like the russian satellite of the same name, this is considered by many to be old technology
what are you smoking? is that sputnik?
a spark or flying ember from a campfire. generally produced when you poke the fire.
when i threw a log into the campfire, several sputniks flew up and out.
a woman who’s like… eight months pregnant but still has slender arms and legs, specifically when she’s bent over.
man 1: i can’t deal with having s-x with my pregnant wife.
man 2: dude you gotta get after that sputnik from behind.

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