Words in the Spotlight

уколь (oo-KOL) - an injection.
Russian;

девушка (D-YE-vush-ka): - a young (generally unmarried) woman.
Russian;

иностранка (ina-STRAN-ka): - a (female) foreigner; obviously not belonging to the national population.
Russian; I tend to hear a lot of 'soviet mistrust baggage' mixed up in the word

ремонт (re-MONT):- the act of fixing, repairing or renovating by any and all means possible.
Russian; commonly anglicizedeg. I went to the store but it was closed because they were remonting. I need to go get my shoes remonted - the heel is coming off.

детдомский (det-DOM-ski): - noun of adjectival origin referring to children brought up in soviet-style children's homes.  Residents may be orphans, wards of state, or in temporary government care.   
Russian; often used in derogatory way by said children when referring to self or peers.  General implication being "a poorly brought up misfit."

родная (rod-NAI-ya): - belonging to something/someone, related.  In the orphan world, the opposite of detdomskii.
Russian;