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Senior Congress Leader and four- Time Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor is a man of words . The best selling author has often raised the bar with his tongue twisting words that goes viral when it is mentioned .
The articulate Tharoor has now in his latest has suggested an unusual English word, ‘quockerwodger’, as an alternative to terms such as “andhbhakts”, “godi” and “paid followers”, describing it as a word for a political puppet controlled by someone else. He shared the definition of ‘quockerwodger’ in a post on X.
For those tired of describing people as “andhbhakts”, “godi”, “paid followers” and the like, an acceptable alternative? https://t.co/XIzxRs8Ddp
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 4, 2026
“Quockerwodger– A political puppet; a person who is controlled by someone else and acts on their instructions,” Tharoor posted on X along with a screenshot of the definition.
