samizdatchik means A person who participates in the practice of samizdat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
Why “samizdatchik” is a great word
SAMIZDATCHIK — [Noun] A person who clandestinely copies and distributes banned literature, specifically within the repressive political context of the former Soviet Union. The term is formed from the Russian самиздат, a portmanteau of сам ("self") and издат (from издательство, "publishing"), punning on the official Госиздат ("State Publishing House"), with the agent suffix -чик ("one who does"); it entered English usage in 1972. Unlike a "dissident" (a broad term for an opponent of official policy) or a "publisher" (a legal, commercial agent of distribution), a samizdatchik is defined by the covert, physical act of replication. It is the faint, inky ghost of a typewriter ribbon striking its last carbons, the chemical scent of spirit-duplicator fluid in a sealed room, and the surreptitious passing of a dog-eared sheaf in a crowded metro—a quiet rebellion measured not in decibels, but in the physical heft of a thought that cannot be erased.
Etymology
From Russian самиздатчик (samizdatčik), from самиздат (samizdat, “samizdat”) + suffix -чик (-čik).
noun
- A person who participates in the practice of samizdat.