apparatchik
(noun) a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
apparatchik
(noun) a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization); “Democratic apparatchiks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apparatchik (plural apparatchiks or apparatchiki)
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. [from 20th c.]
A blindly loyal bureaucrat. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
