What is Shvili?
1.
Adj. Having the qualities of a tormentor or bully; A popular surname suffix in the Republic of Georgia, whose denizens are infamous for the strong-arm tactics they purportedly employ in order to reach the top of the food chain (e.g. Joseph Stalin, née Ioseb Jughashvili).
Friend: You’re nephew just threw a kid almost twice his size to the ground!
Me: Yup, that little tyke is a bona fide shvili.
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