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    Russian has all those diminutive suffixes for familiars, used in various ways. Use one that has something of a good-natured teasing or ribbing sense, and put it on учёный/учён.

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    Russian has all those diminutive suffixes for familiars, used in various ways. Use one that has something of a good-natured teasing or ribbing sense, and put it on учёный/учён.
    Hmm, I can't construct appropriate word this way.

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