chamcha means A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “chamcha” is a great word
CHAMCHA — [Noun] A sycophant or lackey who seeks favor through servile flattery and uncritical imitation. Borrowed from Hindi चम्चा (camcā, "sycophant", literally "spoon") and Urdu چمچہ (čamča, "spoon"), ultimately from Persian چمچه (čamča, "spoon"). Unlike a "disciple," devoted to a teacher's doctrine, or an "ally," engaged in mutual association, a chamcha is an instrument of self-interest. He is the echo that arrives before the thought is finished, the shadow that shortens itself to fit the master's feet, the empty vessel waiting to be filled with whatever scraps of power might spill over—ambition hollowed into a utensil.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चम्चा (camcā, “sycophant, hanger-on, lackey”, literally “spoon”).
noun
- A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.“1989. Stuart Auerbach. Washington Post. (Mar. 26) “Nehru and His Nation”
M J Akbar has been called a chamcha to the Gandhi family, and some of that slavish devotion shows up in his uncritical acceptance of Nehru’s government-dominated economic program and the erosion of the country’s grass roots political structure as a result of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.”