India, Nov. 4 -- Tired of using terms such as "andhbhakts", "godi" and "paid followers"? Congress leader and wordsmith Shashi Tharoor has suggested an alternative: "quockerwodger"

The Thiruvananthapuram MP, known for sharing rarely used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words, explained the meaning of the term in a post on X.

"Quockerwodger- A political puppet; a person who is controlled by someone else and acts on their instructions," Tharoor wrote, sharing a screenshot of the definition.

In the post, he asked: "For those tired of describing people as 'andhbhakts', 'godi', 'paid followers' and the like, an acceptable alternative?"

Tharoor had also shared the word in September, describing it as the "word of our era" and taking...