Meaning: Fear of failure.
Usage: Everytime I gave the Machine Drawing test, I used to have seizures of flunkophobia.
Pronunciation: Flunk-ko-phobia.
Root: To flunk is to fail.
Note: Kakorrhaphiophobia is the current word for fear of failure. I find it a mouthful. Hence my coinage.
Friday, December 30, 2005
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Baulks Office
Meaning: A measure of the loss making ability of a film.
Usage: Kevin Costner's 'Waterworld' should make it to the Baulks Office hall of fame.
Pronunciation: Homonym of Box Office. So can only be used in a written form.
Root: To baulk is to thwart.
Usage: Kevin Costner's 'Waterworld' should make it to the Baulks Office hall of fame.
Pronunciation: Homonym of Box Office. So can only be used in a written form.
Root: To baulk is to thwart.
Titrahaar
Meaning: Sleazy song sequences.
Usage: The winning formula in Bollywood is a little story liberally interspersed with some titrahaar.
Pronunciation: Tit-ra-haar.
Root: Titilating Chitrahaar (a popular song and dance show in India's National television).
Related coinage: Shitrahaar = Banal song sequences shot primarily to act as a 45 minute filler.
Usage: The winning formula in Bollywood is a little story liberally interspersed with some titrahaar.
Pronunciation: Tit-ra-haar.
Root: Titilating Chitrahaar (a popular song and dance show in India's National television).
Related coinage: Shitrahaar = Banal song sequences shot primarily to act as a 45 minute filler.
Starchaeology
Meaning : the systematic study of old(er) film stars
Usage : Starchaeology students tend to be fine actors. Many fail and become mere imitations.
Pronunciation : star+key+ology
Root : star + archaeology
Usage : Starchaeology students tend to be fine actors. Many fail and become mere imitations.
Pronunciation : star+key+ology
Root : star + archaeology
Circumambulatree
Meaning: the act of walking/running around a tree
Usage : Circumambulatree chases were probably invented to make it easy for those actors who sucked at dancing.
Pronunciation: circumambulate + tree
Root : same as pronunciation
Usage : Circumambulatree chases were probably invented to make it easy for those actors who sucked at dancing.
Pronunciation: circumambulate + tree
Root : same as pronunciation
Character Assasination
Meaning: Editing out an entire character from a movie after the movie has been shot.
Usage: It is rumoured that directors dangle the threat of character assassination if minor actors don't sleep with them.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Note: Existing phrase. Context is new.
Usage: It is rumoured that directors dangle the threat of character assassination if minor actors don't sleep with them.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Note: Existing phrase. Context is new.
Stalkie
Meaning: A person who is so madly obsessed with a movie, that he watches it over and over again.
Usage: MF Hussain is a celebrity stalkie. He watched 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' for over 15 times.
Pronunciation: Stocky.
Root: Stalk a talkie.
Inspiration: Avinash's coinage: Stalkies - movies that refuse to go away.
Usage: MF Hussain is a celebrity stalkie. He watched 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' for over 15 times.
Pronunciation: Stocky.
Root: Stalk a talkie.
Inspiration: Avinash's coinage: Stalkies - movies that refuse to go away.
Dhobi Film
Meaning: A C-grade movie made for the sake of money laundering.
Usage: They say India makes close to 800 movies a year. My guess is at least hundred of these are dhobi films.
Pronunciation: Though-bee-film.
Root: Dhobi is the Hindi word for a launderer.
Usage: They say India makes close to 800 movies a year. My guess is at least hundred of these are dhobi films.
Pronunciation: Though-bee-film.
Root: Dhobi is the Hindi word for a launderer.
Egonym
Meaning: A pompous title bestowed on a star by sycophants who call themselves fans. A very common practice in Kollywood. Strangely, the star has no qualms using this silly title as a prefix for his or her name.
Usage: Rajnikanth's egonym is Super Star. Sarath Kumar's is Supreme Star. While Ajith's is Ultimate Star.
Pronunciation: Eego-nym.
Root: Nym in latin means name. Egonym is an ego boosting name.
Usage: Rajnikanth's egonym is Super Star. Sarath Kumar's is Supreme Star. While Ajith's is Ultimate Star.
Pronunciation: Eego-nym.
Root: Nym in latin means name. Egonym is an ego boosting name.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Drip tease
Meaning: Titillating scenes in Indian movies where a female actor wearing thin clothing, usually a white chiffon sari, gets wet wet wet in the rain.
Usage: Mandakini surfaced to fame with the drip tease in Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Root: Strip tease
Usage: Mandakini surfaced to fame with the drip tease in Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Root: Strip tease
Aruval Westerns
Meaning: A sub-genre of Tamil action films usually featuring an angry young man who has a penchant for slicing and dicing opponents with a humble aruval.
Usage: The Vikram movie Sami spawned a spate of Aruval Westerns.
Pronunciation: Aroo-vaal-westerns.
Root: An aruval is a long curved knife popular in rural & suburban Tamil Nadu.
Usage: The Vikram movie Sami spawned a spate of Aruval Westerns.
Pronunciation: Aroo-vaal-westerns.
Root: An aruval is a long curved knife popular in rural & suburban Tamil Nadu.
Damplitude
Meaning : A measure of how wet an actress can be without affecting her dance steps, measured in buckets
Usage : Tuxom actresses should account for the water retention of the padding when calculating their damplitude
Pronunciation : d + amplitude
Root : damp + amplitude
Usage : Tuxom actresses should account for the water retention of the padding when calculating their damplitude
Pronunciation : d + amplitude
Root : damp + amplitude
Throatagonist
Meaning: The voice of the main character
Usage : Throatagonists are essential for the success of feature-length animations.
Pronunciation : rhymes with protagonist
Root : Throat + protagonist - prot
Usage : Throatagonists are essential for the success of feature-length animations.
Pronunciation : rhymes with protagonist
Root : Throat + protagonist - prot
Monday, December 26, 2005
Clockbuster
Meaning : an overly lengthy movie
Usage : Peter Jackson is making one clockbuster after another. Good for him they are also blockbusters.
Pronunciation : just like blockbuster
Root : Clock + blockbuster
Usage : Peter Jackson is making one clockbuster after another. Good for him they are also blockbusters.
Pronunciation : just like blockbuster
Root : Clock + blockbuster
Spliterature
Meaning: written work devoted to star divorces
Usage : The Brad-Jen spliterature ate up quite a few rain forests.
Pronunciation: sounds like literature
Root : Split + literature
Usage : The Brad-Jen spliterature ate up quite a few rain forests.
Pronunciation: sounds like literature
Root : Split + literature
Skimpression
Meaning: impression created by skimpily attired starlets
Usage : In bollywood,as in real life, the first skimpression is often the best.
Pronunciation : sk+impression
Root : skimp + impression
Note : i did find another skimpression in pseudodictionary. but it doesn't mean the same thing. so if anyone's against it, i'll take it out.
Usage : In bollywood,as in real life, the first skimpression is often the best.
Pronunciation : sk+impression
Root : skimp + impression
Note : i did find another skimpression in pseudodictionary. but it doesn't mean the same thing. so if anyone's against it, i'll take it out.
Foreground Score
Meaning: Outrageously dramatic music punched into a scene to inject some life into it.
Usage: Bollywood movies of the yesteryears used to have screeching foreground scores during the climax.
Pronunciation: Four-ground-score.
Root: Opposite of background score.
Usage: Bollywood movies of the yesteryears used to have screeching foreground scores during the climax.
Pronunciation: Four-ground-score.
Root: Opposite of background score.
Cheeriotype
Meaning: A character who vanishes from the movie after one scene. No one knows what happened to him or her.
Usage: An average Hindi movie will have at least ten cheeriotypes.
Pronunciation: Chee-rio-type.
Root: Cheerio (bidding goodbye) + Stereotype.
Usage: An average Hindi movie will have at least ten cheeriotypes.
Pronunciation: Chee-rio-type.
Root: Cheerio (bidding goodbye) + Stereotype.
Hollyhood
Meaning: One who steals content from Hollywood.
Usage: Vikram Bhatt is a serial Hollyhood.
Pronunciation: Haw-lee-hood.
Root: Holly (as in hollywood) + Hood (as in thug)
Note: Hollyhood is not a newly invented word. It shows up when you google. So I don't claim it's a fresh coinage. What is fresh is the definition.
Related coinages: Bollyhood, Kollyhood & Tollyhood.
Usage: Vikram Bhatt is a serial Hollyhood.
Pronunciation: Haw-lee-hood.
Root: Holly (as in hollywood) + Hood (as in thug)
Note: Hollyhood is not a newly invented word. It shows up when you google. So I don't claim it's a fresh coinage. What is fresh is the definition.
Related coinages: Bollyhood, Kollyhood & Tollyhood.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Snooteus Maximus
Meaning: An extremely snobbish person.
Usage: I know of at least one snooteus maximus who wears Gucci bathroom slippers.
Pronunciation: Snooty-yes-maxim-mus.
Root: From Gluteus Maximus.
Usage: I know of at least one snooteus maximus who wears Gucci bathroom slippers.
Pronunciation: Snooty-yes-maxim-mus.
Root: From Gluteus Maximus.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Bentigrade
Meaning: The unit of measure of chucking.
Usage: 15 degrees bentigrade is an acceptable level of chucking in world cricket, today.
Pronunciation: Bent-tea-grade.
Root: From centigrade.
Usage: 15 degrees bentigrade is an acceptable level of chucking in world cricket, today.
Pronunciation: Bent-tea-grade.
Root: From centigrade.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Maidan Ambedkars
Meaning: Fielders who prefer to point fingers in the direction of the ball rather than help their hapless colleagues in stopping the flying red cherry.
Usage: Before the advent of the Yuvrajs and Kaifs, the Indian team was full of Maidan Ambedkars.
Pronunciation: My-daan Am-bade-kar.
Root: Maidan is ground in Hindi. The Ambedkar reference is to the ubiquitous finger pointing statue that one finds in every chawl in India.
Usage: Before the advent of the Yuvrajs and Kaifs, the Indian team was full of Maidan Ambedkars.
Pronunciation: My-daan Am-bade-kar.
Root: Maidan is ground in Hindi. The Ambedkar reference is to the ubiquitous finger pointing statue that one finds in every chawl in India.
Shot-tempered
Meaning: A batsman who plays rash shots a little too often.
Usage: You can't keep a shot-tempered batsman quiet, for too long.
Pronunciation: Homonym of short-tempered.
Root: Doesn't need an explanation.
Usage: You can't keep a shot-tempered batsman quiet, for too long.
Pronunciation: Homonym of short-tempered.
Root: Doesn't need an explanation.
Devil's Over
Meaning: An over in which a bowler concedes six sixers of six consecutive deliveries.
Usage: Tilak Raj is still remembered only because of his devil's over.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Root: 666 is the number of the devil.
Usage: Tilak Raj is still remembered only because of his devil's over.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Root: 666 is the number of the devil.
Oddience
Meaning: The wierdos in the audience who paint their faces, wear hideous wigs, pierce their tongues and sport funny masks just to attract the attention of the television cameras during a cricket match.
Usage: Streakers make a telegenic oddience.
Pronunciation: Homonym of audience.
Root: Odd + audience.
Admission: This word is applicable to any sport. Not necessarily cricket.
Usage: Streakers make a telegenic oddience.
Pronunciation: Homonym of audience.
Root: Odd + audience.
Admission: This word is applicable to any sport. Not necessarily cricket.
Kheematherapy
Meaning: Rescuing an ailing team by launching an all out attack.
Usage: Pakistan was in shambles till Afridi resorted to some much needed kheematherapy.
Pronunciation: Keyma-therapy.
Root: Kheema (mincemeat) + therapy. A play on chemotherapy.
Usage: Pakistan was in shambles till Afridi resorted to some much needed kheematherapy.
Pronunciation: Keyma-therapy.
Root: Kheema (mincemeat) + therapy. A play on chemotherapy.
Blind Ally
Meaning: A batsman who gets his partner out due to his blunder.
Usage: He was run out because of his blind ally.
Root: Blind alley
Usage: He was run out because of his blind ally.
Root: Blind alley
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Starmy Army
Meaning: Fans with fickle patriotism who support their team only when their star is playing.
Usage: India can do without the support of Ganguly's starmy army.
Prounciation: Star-me-ar-me.
Root: Derived from Barmy Army (the now legendary english cricket supporters).
Usage: India can do without the support of Ganguly's starmy army.
Prounciation: Star-me-ar-me.
Root: Derived from Barmy Army (the now legendary english cricket supporters).
Aerocricket
Meaning: The strokes played, deliveries bowled and catches taken with an imaginary bat and ball.
Usage: I can match Tendulkar in aerocricket.
Pronunciation: Ayro-cricket.
Root: Aero (greek for air) + cricket.
Usage: I can match Tendulkar in aerocricket.
Pronunciation: Ayro-cricket.
Root: Aero (greek for air) + cricket.
Sourjah
Meaning: A cricket center with a spoilt reputation.
Usage: Eden Gardens might become a Sourjah soon, for all the wrong reasons.
Pronunciation: Saar-ja
Root: From Sharjah, a thriving cricket center that lost its sheen when the world discovered unbriddled bookie activity.
Usage: Eden Gardens might become a Sourjah soon, for all the wrong reasons.
Pronunciation: Saar-ja
Root: From Sharjah, a thriving cricket center that lost its sheen when the world discovered unbriddled bookie activity.
Choppelled
Meaning: The practice of axing old school players when they don't fit into the new scheme of things.
Usage: Zaheer Khan took a bucketload of wickets in domestic cricket, yet he was choppelled for possessing the 'wrong attitude'.
Pronunciation: Chop-peld
Root: Chop + Chappell (the Indian coach who gave this policy a respectable name).
Usage: Zaheer Khan took a bucketload of wickets in domestic cricket, yet he was choppelled for possessing the 'wrong attitude'.
Pronunciation: Chop-peld
Root: Chop + Chappell (the Indian coach who gave this policy a respectable name).
Fest Cricket
Meaning: The benefit matches circuit that is not given official status.
Usage: Fest cricket is a nice way to extend the product life cycle of test discards.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Root: Festival Cricket.
Usage: Fest cricket is a nice way to extend the product life cycle of test discards.
Prounciation: Obvious.
Root: Festival Cricket.
Skiddhuism
Meaning: A Siddhuism that falls flat.
Usage: 'He looks like a brooding hen over a China egg' is a good example of a Skiddhuism.
Pronunciation: Skid-do-ism.
Root: Skid (to slip and fall) + Siddhuism.
Usage: 'He looks like a brooding hen over a China egg' is a good example of a Skiddhuism.
Pronunciation: Skid-do-ism.
Root: Skid (to slip and fall) + Siddhuism.
Offslaught
Meaning: Using defence as a form of attack in a cricket match.
Usage: A gritty offslaught from Mubarak can save the day for Sri Lanka.
Pronunciation: Off-slot.
Root: From onslaught.
Note: A google search reveals that this word already exists. But my take is this word has never been defined in a cricketing context.
Usage: A gritty offslaught from Mubarak can save the day for Sri Lanka.
Pronunciation: Off-slot.
Root: From onslaught.
Note: A google search reveals that this word already exists. But my take is this word has never been defined in a cricketing context.
Ninedulkar
Meaning: An overhyped prodigy cricketer who never made it.
Usage: Laxmi Ratan Shukla & Parthiv Patel are some examples of Ninedulkars.
Pronunciation: 9-dhul-kar.
Root: Need I say it?
Usage: Laxmi Ratan Shukla & Parthiv Patel are some examples of Ninedulkars.
Pronunciation: 9-dhul-kar.
Root: Need I say it?
Elbee Dubya
Meaning: An umpire who makes dumb errors while taking lbw decisions.
Usage: After the Tendulkar verdict, I think Nadeem Ghauri deserves the Elbee Dubya tag.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Root: Even more obvious.
Usage: After the Tendulkar verdict, I think Nadeem Ghauri deserves the Elbee Dubya tag.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Root: Even more obvious.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Peetotaller
Meaning: A person who is totally sold on the idea of drinking urine.
Usage: Morarji Desai was the posterboy for peetotallers.
Pronunciation: Pee+total+err
Root: Pee + Totaller.
Usage: Morarji Desai was the posterboy for peetotallers.
Pronunciation: Pee+total+err
Root: Pee + Totaller.
Pseudopodium
Meaning: A forum hijacked to air one's impolitically correct views.
Usage: Leather fashion shows are popular pseudopodiums for PETA activists.
Pronunciation: Sudo-po-dee-yum.
Root: Pseudopodium is an already existing biological appelation. I've re-interpreted the same as pseudo (false) + podium (platform).
Usage: Leather fashion shows are popular pseudopodiums for PETA activists.
Pronunciation: Sudo-po-dee-yum.
Root: Pseudopodium is an already existing biological appelation. I've re-interpreted the same as pseudo (false) + podium (platform).
Guessperado
Meaning: Wild guesser.
Usage: A forecaster is one who says the Sensex might touch 9000 tomorrow. A guessperado is one who says the Sensex will kiss 9075 tomorrow.
Pronunciation: Guess-pa-raado.
Root: Desperado.
Usage: A forecaster is one who says the Sensex might touch 9000 tomorrow. A guessperado is one who says the Sensex will kiss 9075 tomorrow.
Pronunciation: Guess-pa-raado.
Root: Desperado.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Tellybribe
Meaning: A monetary inducement made with the intention of capturing the corrupt side of a public figure, on camera.
Usage: Anirudha Bahal has made a career out of doling out tellybribes.
Pronunciation: Telly-bribe.
Root: The Tehelka & Cobra Post Sting operations.
Usage: Anirudha Bahal has made a career out of doling out tellybribes.
Pronunciation: Telly-bribe.
Root: The Tehelka & Cobra Post Sting operations.
Skimpressionist
Meaning: A person who wears skimpy outfits to grab eyeballs.
Usage: JLo is no longer the skimpressionist, she used to be.
Pronunciation: Skim-pray-shunist.
Root: Skimpy + Impressionist.
Usage: JLo is no longer the skimpressionist, she used to be.
Pronunciation: Skim-pray-shunist.
Root: Skimpy + Impressionist.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Hicter Scale
Meaning: An informal scale to measure the state of drunkenness.
Usage: Even after repeated boozathons, I don't think I would have clocked more than 4 on the Hicter Scale.
Pronunciation: Hick-ter-scale.
Root: The Richter scale.
Usage: Even after repeated boozathons, I don't think I would have clocked more than 4 on the Hicter Scale.
Pronunciation: Hick-ter-scale.
Root: The Richter scale.
Tweakipedia
Meaning: A walking, talking encyclopedia with a low credbility factor.
Usage: The expert commentator in that cricket show is a first rate tweakipedia.
Pronunciation: Tweek-key-peed-ya.
Root: From Wikipedia, a victim of attack editing.
Usage: The expert commentator in that cricket show is a first rate tweakipedia.
Pronunciation: Tweek-key-peed-ya.
Root: From Wikipedia, a victim of attack editing.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Bhaiyonara
Meaning: The ingenious tactic of bidding goodbye to potential suitors by unleashing rakhees (a symbol of brotherhood) on the raksha bandhan day. A neat elimination strategy often adopted by pretty young things in India to ward off the riff raff.
Usage: Puneet thought he was in the race, till Anjali said bhaiyonara.
Pronunciation: Bhai-yo-naara.
Root: Bhai (means brother in Hindi) + Sayonara (goodbye in japanese).
Usage: Puneet thought he was in the race, till Anjali said bhaiyonara.
Pronunciation: Bhai-yo-naara.
Root: Bhai (means brother in Hindi) + Sayonara (goodbye in japanese).
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Think Slip
Meaning: The fear of being sacked.
Usage: Under performers never think slip. Non performers do.
Pronunciation: Think-slip.
Root: Derived from pink slip.
Usage: Under performers never think slip. Non performers do.
Pronunciation: Think-slip.
Root: Derived from pink slip.
Polyrogered
Meaning: Getting screwed many times over.
Usage: You have to give it to Saurav. Even though he's got polyrogered, he just doesn't retire.
Pronunciation: Polly-raw-jerd.
Root: Poly (many) + rogered (slang for getting screwed).
Usage: You have to give it to Saurav. Even though he's got polyrogered, he just doesn't retire.
Pronunciation: Polly-raw-jerd.
Root: Poly (many) + rogered (slang for getting screwed).
Motoshort
Meaning: A short film made exclusively for viewing in a mobile phone.
Usage: Motoshorts are gonna be the in thing in 2006.
Pronunciation: Mo-toe-short
Root: Moto (short form for Motorola, the first mobile phone company to take the lead in creating motoshorts) + short (short form for a short film).
Usage: Motoshorts are gonna be the in thing in 2006.
Pronunciation: Mo-toe-short
Root: Moto (short form for Motorola, the first mobile phone company to take the lead in creating motoshorts) + short (short form for a short film).
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Aviapiarist
Meaning: One who loves sex but hates to talk about it.
Usage: Every year, sex surveys try to read the mind of aviapiarists.
Pronunciation: A-V-ape-peer-wrist.
Root: Avi (bird in latin) + Apiarist (anyone with interest in bees) = anyone with interest in the birds & the bees.
Usage: Every year, sex surveys try to read the mind of aviapiarists.
Pronunciation: A-V-ape-peer-wrist.
Root: Avi (bird in latin) + Apiarist (anyone with interest in bees) = anyone with interest in the birds & the bees.
Uhohsia
Meaning: State of instant disappointment usually caused by the huge gap between expectation and reality.
Usage: When I met my chat buddy from the Internet, I was struck by a thunderbolt of uhohsia.
Pronunciation: Uh-oh-shea.
Root: Uh-oh (the sound of disappointment) + sia.
Usage: When I met my chat buddy from the Internet, I was struck by a thunderbolt of uhohsia.
Pronunciation: Uh-oh-shea.
Root: Uh-oh (the sound of disappointment) + sia.
Ivy Borg
Meaning: A truly global citizen who couldn't care less about nationaliities, race, colour or religion.
Usage: The world will be a better place if there were a few billion Ivy Borgs.
Pronunciation: I-we-bawg.
Root: Ivy Borg is an anagram of VIBGYOR, the colours that constitute the Rainbow.
Usage: The world will be a better place if there were a few billion Ivy Borgs.
Pronunciation: I-we-bawg.
Root: Ivy Borg is an anagram of VIBGYOR, the colours that constitute the Rainbow.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Bosstility
Meaning: Ill will against bosses.
Usage: The first sign of bosstility is when people start forwarding boss jokes.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with hostility.
Usage: The first sign of bosstility is when people start forwarding boss jokes.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with hostility.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Mirchillicious
Meaning: Very, very yummy and very, very spicy.
Usage: Gults trip on mirchillicious food and women.
Pronunciation: Mir-chee-lee-shus.
Root: Mirchi (Spice in hindi) + Chilli (more spice) + Delicious.
Usage: Gults trip on mirchillicious food and women.
Pronunciation: Mir-chee-lee-shus.
Root: Mirchi (Spice in hindi) + Chilli (more spice) + Delicious.
Gheetotaller
Meaning: Total absistence from oily or fatty food.
Usage: No vadas and samosas for me, anymore. I've turned a gheetotaller.
Pronunciation: Ghee-tote-tull-ler.
Root: Ghee (Indian butter) + Teetotaller.
Usage: No vadas and samosas for me, anymore. I've turned a gheetotaller.
Pronunciation: Ghee-tote-tull-ler.
Root: Ghee (Indian butter) + Teetotaller.
Ourgasm
Meaning: Arrival of both (or how many ever; we're not judging here) partners, during a sexual encounter, at a simulataneously ecstatic high point
Usage: On the dot again, honey. That was an amazing ourgasm. Shall I light up now?
Pronunciation: Our-gasm
Root: Our + orgasm
Usage: On the dot again, honey. That was an amazing ourgasm. Shall I light up now?
Pronunciation: Our-gasm
Root: Our + orgasm
Gangoogly
Meaning: A formerly-respected team member who was let go, and then brought back in an utterly unexpected manner
Usage: After all that acrimony with his boss, who would've thought he'd be asked to return to handle another set of accounts! The man's surely a Gangoogly.
Pronunciation: Gung-oo-glee.
Root: Ganguly + googly.
Usage: After all that acrimony with his boss, who would've thought he'd be asked to return to handle another set of accounts! The man's surely a Gangoogly.
Pronunciation: Gung-oo-glee.
Root: Ganguly + googly.
Sweatlana
Meaning: A young, female gymnast who trains really hard.
Usage: Look at her go at the parallel bars. She's really a Sweatlana.
Pronunciation: Svet-lana.
Root: Before the Chinese invaded the scene, nobody did gymnastics like Russian teens -- many of them named, no doubt, Svetlana.
Usage: Look at her go at the parallel bars. She's really a Sweatlana.
Pronunciation: Svet-lana.
Root: Before the Chinese invaded the scene, nobody did gymnastics like Russian teens -- many of them named, no doubt, Svetlana.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Medioyorker
Meaning: A cricket term that refers to an attempted yorker that ends up as a juicy fulltoss.
Usage: Agarkar bowled a lot of medioyorkers in the death.
Pronunciation: Me-dee-yorker
Root: Mediocre + Yorker (an almost unplayable delivery that pitches right at the feet or bat of the batsman).
Usage: Agarkar bowled a lot of medioyorkers in the death.
Pronunciation: Me-dee-yorker
Root: Mediocre + Yorker (an almost unplayable delivery that pitches right at the feet or bat of the batsman).
Counterclocker
Meaning: One who zigs when the world zags.
Usage: Counterclockers either see success or failure, nothing in between.
Pronunciation: Counter-clock-err
Other meaning: A counter clocker can also refer to someone obsessed with popularity ratings. Usage: Bloggers are counter clockers.
Usage: Counterclockers either see success or failure, nothing in between.
Pronunciation: Counter-clock-err
Other meaning: A counter clocker can also refer to someone obsessed with popularity ratings. Usage: Bloggers are counter clockers.
Kincome Tax
Meaning: The share of income that goes towards maintenance of dependent relatives.
Usage: Avi is single and doesn't have a family. Lucky him. He doesn't have to pay the kincome tax.
Pronunciation: Kin-come-tax.
Root: Kin + Income Tax.
Usage: Avi is single and doesn't have a family. Lucky him. He doesn't have to pay the kincome tax.
Pronunciation: Kin-come-tax.
Root: Kin + Income Tax.
Lyrca Logic
Meaning: Elastic logic, often used as the foundation for a fallacious argument.
Usage: The Weapons of Mass Destruction story was America's lycra logic for going to war with Iraq.
Pronunciation: Lie-cra-law-jick.
Root: Lycra is known for its stretch properties.
Usage: The Weapons of Mass Destruction story was America's lycra logic for going to war with Iraq.
Pronunciation: Lie-cra-law-jick.
Root: Lycra is known for its stretch properties.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Gympathy
Meaning: Derisive concern shown by apparently physically fit people towards someone in bad shape
Usage: Though the jocks expressed their gympathy at the middle-aged woman, no one offered her a hand to carry her groceries
Pronunciation : Gym + pathy
Root: Gym + Sympathy
Related word : Slimpathy
Meaning: Real concern about someone who has apparently lost weight
Usage: Turning a blind eye to the beer bellies, moms often express slimpathy when seeing their sons after a long time
Usage: Though the jocks expressed their gympathy at the middle-aged woman, no one offered her a hand to carry her groceries
Pronunciation : Gym + pathy
Root: Gym + Sympathy
Related word : Slimpathy
Meaning: Real concern about someone who has apparently lost weight
Usage: Turning a blind eye to the beer bellies, moms often express slimpathy when seeing their sons after a long time
Huenity
Meaning: the state or quality of being in one color
Usage: Lets hope that when skincarnation hits the market, there will be world huenity
Pronunication: Hyoo-ni-tee
Root: Hue + Unity
Usage: Lets hope that when skincarnation hits the market, there will be world huenity
Pronunication: Hyoo-ni-tee
Root: Hue + Unity
Dialeasis
Meaning: Outsourcing of routine work to call centers in third world countries with the sole intention of improving the financial health of a corporation.
Usage: American companies that are blindly opting for dialeasis, will suffer sooner than later.
Pronunciation: Dial-lease-sis.
Root: Dialysis.
Usage: American companies that are blindly opting for dialeasis, will suffer sooner than later.
Pronunciation: Dial-lease-sis.
Root: Dialysis.
Skincarnation
Meaning: Artificial skin that you can buy off the shelf in the future.
Usage: Words like apartheid will cease to exist, when skincarnation hits the market.
Pronunciation: Skin-car-nation.
Root: Skin + Incarnation.
Usage: Words like apartheid will cease to exist, when skincarnation hits the market.
Pronunciation: Skin-car-nation.
Root: Skin + Incarnation.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Universenate
Meaning: A concept word that may fulfil a future need to have one parliament to govern the world.
Usage: When the spirit of nationalism ebbs, a Universenate will rise.
Pronunciation: Yooni-va-senate.
Root: Universe + Senate.
Usage: When the spirit of nationalism ebbs, a Universenate will rise.
Pronunciation: Yooni-va-senate.
Root: Universe + Senate.
Mr/s.
Meaning: Title affixed to a man who is a known bisexual.
Pronunciation: Miss-ta
Usage: Mr/s. Anthony Perkins is a talented actor in Hollywood.
Related Coinages: Ls. to indicate Lesbian orientation. Hm. to indicate Homosexual orientation. Ms/r. for a female bisexual (pronounced mizz-ta).
Pronunciation: Miss-ta
Usage: Mr/s. Anthony Perkins is a talented actor in Hollywood.
Related Coinages: Ls. to indicate Lesbian orientation. Hm. to indicate Homosexual orientation. Ms/r. for a female bisexual (pronounced mizz-ta).
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Bignoramus
Meaning: High on fame quotient, low on intelligence quotient. Simply put, a bigshot who's very duh.
Usage: George Dubya Bush is not the tallest bignoramus on this planet. He has severe competition.
Pronunciation: Big-nor-ra-muss.
Plural: Bignoramuses.
Usage: George Dubya Bush is not the tallest bignoramus on this planet. He has severe competition.
Pronunciation: Big-nor-ra-muss.
Plural: Bignoramuses.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Flexpensive
Meaning: Priceyness proportional to the perceived wallet size of the customer.
Usage: The autodriver in Chennai keeps his charges flexpensive. If you're white skinned, he charges more.
Root: Expensive.
Usage: The autodriver in Chennai keeps his charges flexpensive. If you're white skinned, he charges more.
Root: Expensive.
Scumpulsive
Meaning: Uncontrollably foul mouthed.
Usage: I switch to my scumpulsive self when I meet my college buddies.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with compulsive.
Usage: I switch to my scumpulsive self when I meet my college buddies.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with compulsive.
Spermission
Meaning: allowance to fertilise
Usage: Ironically, he was denied spermission into her gene pool by a lifesaving rubber tube
Root: Sperm + permission
(i'm not sure if this word already exists. a brief google search revealed thousands of misspellings with author'spermission and so on)
Usage: Ironically, he was denied spermission into her gene pool by a lifesaving rubber tube
Root: Sperm + permission
(i'm not sure if this word already exists. a brief google search revealed thousands of misspellings with author'spermission and so on)
Spentimental
Meaning: feeling guilty about an expensive purchase
Usage: He turned spentimental when he realised his gadget collection could support a third world nation.
Root: spend + sentimental
Usage: He turned spentimental when he realised his gadget collection could support a third world nation.
Root: spend + sentimental
Freeologism
Meaning: the art and science of finding new ways to mooch of people.
Usage: college kids are wonderfully well-versed in the science of freeologism.
Pronounciation: Free-all-ojee
Root: Neologism
Usage: college kids are wonderfully well-versed in the science of freeologism.
Pronounciation: Free-all-ojee
Root: Neologism
Friday, November 25, 2005
Dine O'Clock
Meaning: Dinner time.
Usage: My boss always bugs me at Dine O'Clock.
Pronunciation: Die-no-clock.
Root: Derived from Nine O'Clock.
Usage: My boss always bugs me at Dine O'Clock.
Pronunciation: Die-no-clock.
Root: Derived from Nine O'Clock.
Showmeopathy
Meaning: A fake treatment just to con people into thinking you have an ailment.
Usage: I resort to showmeopathy when I want to bunk office.
Pronunciation: Show-meo-pathy.
Root: Homeopathy.
Usage: I resort to showmeopathy when I want to bunk office.
Pronunciation: Show-meo-pathy.
Root: Homeopathy.
Kalpannium
Meaning: An inconceivably, mind bogglingly long period of time. To be exact, 4.32 billion years. Or 4.32 million millennias.
Usage: One day in the creator's life is one kalpannium, according to Hindu mythology.
Pronunciation: Cull-pay-nee-yum.
Root: Kalpa (a measure of time in hindu mythology) + annus (year).
Plural: Kalpannia.
Usage: One day in the creator's life is one kalpannium, according to Hindu mythology.
Pronunciation: Cull-pay-nee-yum.
Root: Kalpa (a measure of time in hindu mythology) + annus (year).
Plural: Kalpannia.
Clicker-happy
Meaning: A debilititating medical condition brought about by excessive internet usage.
Usage: The doctor looked very seriously into my eyes and said "I think I know why you find yourself perennially short of time. Our medical records show you suffer from a modern condition called the 'clicker-happy syndrome'. To help you recover, we strongly recommend a week of complete net rest. The rest is in your hands."
Pronounciation: Click-err-happi
Root: Trigger-happy
Usage: The doctor looked very seriously into my eyes and said "I think I know why you find yourself perennially short of time. Our medical records show you suffer from a modern condition called the 'clicker-happy syndrome'. To help you recover, we strongly recommend a week of complete net rest. The rest is in your hands."
Pronounciation: Click-err-happi
Root: Trigger-happy
Freaketer
Meaning: Term for an unusually talented cricket player.
Usage: Shahid Afridi is a freaketer. It's best not to try and tame him.
Pronounciation: Free-ket-err
Root: Freak+cricket
Usage: Shahid Afridi is a freaketer. It's best not to try and tame him.
Pronounciation: Free-ket-err
Root: Freak+cricket
Pesquito
Meaning: Unscientific term for a particularly persistent kind of mosquito that has evolved from the years of resistance to pesticides and other forms of human intervention.
Usage: Scientists have coined a new name for an incredibly resilient breed of mosquito found it India. They've called it a 'pesquito.'
Pronounciation: Pess-key-toe
Root: Pest+mosquito
Usage: Scientists have coined a new name for an incredibly resilient breed of mosquito found it India. They've called it a 'pesquito.'
Pronounciation: Pess-key-toe
Root: Pest+mosquito
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Zippie
Meaning: A young person who is always in a rush.
Usage: "Just ask that zippie to spare a moment to listen to me will you," commanded father to mother about son.
Pronunciation: Zip-ee
Root: zip & hippie
Note:
1.I think this word has already been coined for some products etc. Just thought this would be a more relevant usage.
2. Unable to italicise the meaning now. My system's acting up. Will do it later
Usage: "Just ask that zippie to spare a moment to listen to me will you," commanded father to mother about son.
Pronunciation: Zip-ee
Root: zip & hippie
Note:
1.I think this word has already been coined for some products etc. Just thought this would be a more relevant usage.
2. Unable to italicise the meaning now. My system's acting up. Will do it later
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Starniwhore
Meaning: A socialite with a ravenous appetite for being seen with stars or celebrities.
Usage: There's no better starniwhore than Parmeshwari Godrej.
Pronunciation: Star-nee-ho.
Root: Carnivore.
Usage: There's no better starniwhore than Parmeshwari Godrej.
Pronunciation: Star-nee-ho.
Root: Carnivore.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Pucolic
Meaning: Adjective used to describe surroundings in an urban area gone to seed so disgustingly that it makes people want to puke.
Usage: When I left the bucolic confines of my homestead for Mumbai, little did I realise that I had exchanged it for the pucolic surroundings of sin city.
Pronounciation: Pyuke-olick
Root: Puke, garbage and bucolic.
Usage: When I left the bucolic confines of my homestead for Mumbai, little did I realise that I had exchanged it for the pucolic surroundings of sin city.
Pronounciation: Pyuke-olick
Root: Puke, garbage and bucolic.
Wartalaap
Meaning: Term for diplomatic noise and negotiations that the foreign policy hawks indulge in.
Usage: Negotiations between India and Pakistan rarely proceed beyond much more than wartalaap.
Pronounciation: War-ta-laap
Root: The Hindi word 'vaartalaap' which means 'talk' and 'political science.'
Usage: Negotiations between India and Pakistan rarely proceed beyond much more than wartalaap.
Pronounciation: War-ta-laap
Root: The Hindi word 'vaartalaap' which means 'talk' and 'political science.'
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Gastrolepidopia
Meaning: The state of having butterflies in your stomach.
Usage: Gastrolepidopia is the reason why many great communicators make goofy speeches.
Pronunciation: Gas-tro-lay-pee-dopey-ah.
Root: Gastro (stomach in greek) + Lepido (as in butterfly in greek).
Usage: Gastrolepidopia is the reason why many great communicators make goofy speeches.
Pronunciation: Gas-tro-lay-pee-dopey-ah.
Root: Gastro (stomach in greek) + Lepido (as in butterfly in greek).
Sellementary
Meaning: something that is ridiculously simple to sell
Usage: The sellementary nature of iPods has led to a slew of accessories which are by extension sellementary themselves
Root: sell + elementary
Usage: The sellementary nature of iPods has led to a slew of accessories which are by extension sellementary themselves
Root: sell + elementary
Shoesillade
Meaning: A barrage of shoes
Usage: A pestestosterone increase near a ladies college is bound to be accompanied by a shoessillade
Root: shoes + fusillade
Usage: A pestestosterone increase near a ladies college is bound to be accompanied by a shoessillade
Root: shoes + fusillade
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Sinonymous
Meaning: Cheap goods made in China.
Usage: Sinonymous brands will soon cause a global meltdown.
Pronunciation: See-no-nee-mus.
Root: Sino + Synonymous.
Usage: Sinonymous brands will soon cause a global meltdown.
Pronunciation: See-no-nee-mus.
Root: Sino + Synonymous.
Pestosterone
Meaning:The hormone that makes roadside romeos act the way they do.
Usage: Their pestestorone levels hit a new high when they passed by an all women's college.
Pronunciation: As in testestorone
Root: Pest & Testostorone
Usage: Their pestestorone levels hit a new high when they passed by an all women's college.
Pronunciation: As in testestorone
Root: Pest & Testostorone
Cartoonoma
Meaning: The disease that disables kids addicted to cartoons.
Usage: Cartoonoma has killed the enthusiasm in that kid.
Pronunciation: car-too-noma
Root: Cartoons & Carcinoma
Usage: Cartoonoma has killed the enthusiasm in that kid.
Pronunciation: car-too-noma
Root: Cartoons & Carcinoma
Friday, November 18, 2005
Bollytician
Meaning: An actor or actress from Bollywood who enters Indian politics.
Usage: Shatrughan Sinha was one of the earliest Bollyticians.
Pronunciation: Ball-lee-tea-shian.
Note: Likewise, Hollytician is an actor or actress from Hollywood who enters politics. And Kollytician is an actor or actress from Kollywood who enters politics.
Usage: Shatrughan Sinha was one of the earliest Bollyticians.
Pronunciation: Ball-lee-tea-shian.
Note: Likewise, Hollytician is an actor or actress from Hollywood who enters politics. And Kollytician is an actor or actress from Kollywood who enters politics.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Diarophile
Meaning: One of those funny people who love collecting diaries and organisers come year end/beginning.
Usage: My client is a diarophile who starts pestering me for a 'complimentary' diary even before the new year begins.
Pronunciation: Diar-o-phile
Usage: My client is a diarophile who starts pestering me for a 'complimentary' diary even before the new year begins.
Pronunciation: Diar-o-phile
Chaikovsky
Meaning: A connoisseur of fine tea.
Usage: Piyush Pandey was a chaikovsky before he entered advertising.
Pronunciation: Chai-cow-skee.
Root: Chai (the hindi word for tea) + Tchaikovsky (one of the finest exponents of western classical music).
Usage: Piyush Pandey was a chaikovsky before he entered advertising.
Pronunciation: Chai-cow-skee.
Root: Chai (the hindi word for tea) + Tchaikovsky (one of the finest exponents of western classical music).
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Sellectrocution
Meaning: Losing a customer by shocking him/her with severe product under-performance that doesn't match up to the hype that made him/her buy the product in the first place.
Usage: One of the reasons why many movies bomb at the box office is sellectrocution.
Pronunciation: Sell-lectro-q-shun.
Root: Sell + Electrocution.
Usage: One of the reasons why many movies bomb at the box office is sellectrocution.
Pronunciation: Sell-lectro-q-shun.
Root: Sell + Electrocution.
Sleepasana
Meaning: Dozing off in a classroom/presentation while assuming the attentive listener's posture.
Usage: During my wonder years at ITBHU, i perfected the art of sleepasana.
Pronunciation: Sleep-pa-sun-na.
Root: Sleep + asana (the yogic term for posture)
Usage: During my wonder years at ITBHU, i perfected the art of sleepasana.
Pronunciation: Sleep-pa-sun-na.
Root: Sleep + asana (the yogic term for posture)
Sambaarista
Meaning: A fast food joint serving south indian street food.
Usage: America will be assaulted by many sambaaristas in the coming decade.
Pronunciation: Saam-baar-is-tha.
Root: Sambaar + barista (the italian word for bartender).
Usage: America will be assaulted by many sambaaristas in the coming decade.
Pronunciation: Saam-baar-is-tha.
Root: Sambaar + barista (the italian word for bartender).
Punydimensional
Meaning: Anyone who doesn't get the big picture.
Usage: We earthlings often forget that we are mere atoms in the cosmic dance. I won't be surprised if our creator thinks we are punydimensional.
Pronunciation: Pyoo-knee-die-men-shun-null.
Root: Unidimensional.
Usage: We earthlings often forget that we are mere atoms in the cosmic dance. I won't be surprised if our creator thinks we are punydimensional.
Pronunciation: Pyoo-knee-die-men-shun-null.
Root: Unidimensional.
Publiculturist
Meaning: One who cultivates people.
Usage: A publiculturist is a sophisticated networker.
Root: Culturist is a cultivator. Public means people.
Pronunciation: Pubbly-cul-chur-wrist.
Usage: A publiculturist is a sophisticated networker.
Root: Culturist is a cultivator. Public means people.
Pronunciation: Pubbly-cul-chur-wrist.
Arracknophobia
Meaning: Fear of arrack.
Usage: Among the many alcohol-related phobias that women in rural India suffer from, arracknophobia ranks highest on the list.
Pronounciation: arr-ack-no-fobia
Usage: Among the many alcohol-related phobias that women in rural India suffer from, arracknophobia ranks highest on the list.
Pronounciation: arr-ack-no-fobia
Tenties
Meaning: The second decade of any century. Example: 2011 to 2020.
Usage: The Khilafat movement was a product of the late tenties.
Pronunciation: Ten-tees.
Root: Since the years in question lie between TEN and tweNTY. it might make eminent sense to club the two and form a new word called TENTIES. So a century can be neatly summed up as noughties, tenties, twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties.
Usage: The Khilafat movement was a product of the late tenties.
Pronunciation: Ten-tees.
Root: Since the years in question lie between TEN and tweNTY. it might make eminent sense to club the two and form a new word called TENTIES. So a century can be neatly summed up as noughties, tenties, twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Monday, November 14, 2005
Hyperglossemia
Meaning: Excessive gloss that erodes the credibility of a person.
Usage: The only thing standing between Hillary Clinton and the US presidency is Hyperglossemia.
Pronunciation: Hyper-gloss-say-mia.
Usage: The only thing standing between Hillary Clinton and the US presidency is Hyperglossemia.
Pronunciation: Hyper-gloss-say-mia.
Dull Jazeera
Meaning: A boring TV channel.
Usage: If you don't take a set-top box chances are you might end up with all the dull jazeeras of the world.
Pronunciation: Dull-jazz-zee-ra.
Usage: If you don't take a set-top box chances are you might end up with all the dull jazeeras of the world.
Pronunciation: Dull-jazz-zee-ra.
Foolean Algebra
Meaning: The grossly illogical calculations made by people who make stupid assumptions.
Usage: The NDA goverment dissolved the parliament earlier than its expiry date based on some foolean algebra proferred by some bright young minds in the BJP.
Pronunciation: Fool-lee-un Al-jee-bra.
Usage: The NDA goverment dissolved the parliament earlier than its expiry date based on some foolean algebra proferred by some bright young minds in the BJP.
Pronunciation: Fool-lee-un Al-jee-bra.
Cyclo-School
Meaning: A new concept in schooling tailor-made for middle aged people who are tired of what they are and wish to reinvent themselves. It would involve a) getting back to a campus b) finding out one's areas of interest c) De-educating oneself. d) attending classes to re-acquire specialist knowledge e) walking out with a skill and not a paper degree. The duration of this C-schooling should ideally be 3-years. The C-school might in a strange way serve as a balm for the mid-life blues that afflicts an adult.
Usage: The Cyclo-school is an idea whose time has come.
Pronunciation: Sigh-clow-school.
Usage: The Cyclo-school is an idea whose time has come.
Pronunciation: Sigh-clow-school.
Beepologist
Meaning: One who specialises in the study of unparliamentary words.
Usage: Captain Haddock is a shining role model for potential beepologists.
Pronunciation: Beep-paw-lodge-gist.
Usage: Captain Haddock is a shining role model for potential beepologists.
Pronunciation: Beep-paw-lodge-gist.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Whattagate
Meaning: Mother of all scandals.
Usage: Every tabloid is snooping around for the next whattagate.
Pronunciation: Homonym of watergate.
Usage: Every tabloid is snooping around for the next whattagate.
Pronunciation: Homonym of watergate.
Handrotting
Meaning: The deterioration of your handwriting due to constant usage of the keyboard.
Usage: The advent of computers has resulted in a global epidemic called handrotting.
Pronunciation: Hand-rot-ting.
Usage: The advent of computers has resulted in a global epidemic called handrotting.
Pronunciation: Hand-rot-ting.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Humnesia
Meaning: When you dunno the words of a song and are forced to hum the tune. Or vice versa.
Usage: Karaoke is the best thing to have happened for people with humnesia.
Pronunciation: Hum-nee-shia.
Root: Hum + Amnesia.
Joint Credit: I was inspired to coin this word after seeing Arun Kedarinath's coinage Hummunication.
Usage: Karaoke is the best thing to have happened for people with humnesia.
Pronunciation: Hum-nee-shia.
Root: Hum + Amnesia.
Joint Credit: I was inspired to coin this word after seeing Arun Kedarinath's coinage Hummunication.
The Sparsee Syndrome
Meaning: The population diminishment of a community that is a result of an age-old tradition of marriage or copulation within the same community or gene pool.
Usage: It's time the Parsee community woke up to the reality of the Sparsee Syndrome.
Pronunciation: Sparse-see + Sin-drome.
Root: Sparse + Parsee.
Usage: It's time the Parsee community woke up to the reality of the Sparsee Syndrome.
Pronunciation: Sparse-see + Sin-drome.
Root: Sparse + Parsee.
Paper Condom
Meaning: A token safety measure that offers no guarantee of risk reduction.
Usage: The Indian government's tsunami management plan is nothing but a paper condom.
Pronunciation: Pay-per-con-dum.
Usage: The Indian government's tsunami management plan is nothing but a paper condom.
Pronunciation: Pay-per-con-dum.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Uppertheid
Meaning: Reverse apartheid often practised by a vengeful majority when a ruling minority class or caste or race suddenly loses power.
Usage: Tam Brams were victims of the uppertheid policy followed by the DK movement.
Pronunciation: Upper-thide.
Usage: Tam Brams were victims of the uppertheid policy followed by the DK movement.
Pronunciation: Upper-thide.
Yawnfectious
Meaning: So utterly boring that everyone starts yawning.
Usage: What I like about your presentation is it's magically yawnfectious.
Pronunciation: Yawn-feck-sh-yus.
Usage: What I like about your presentation is it's magically yawnfectious.
Pronunciation: Yawn-feck-sh-yus.
Creamotorium
Meaning: Celebrity cemeteries that have become a tourist spot.
Usage: Westminster Abbey is London's creamotorium.
Pronunciation: Cream-mo-tore-yum.
Usage: Westminster Abbey is London's creamotorium.
Pronunciation: Cream-mo-tore-yum.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Kyotonomous
Meaning: not controlled by the Kyoto Protocol
Usage: The US remains Kyotonomous citing severe damage to its economy
Pronuniciation : Kyoto-no-mus
Usage: The US remains Kyotonomous citing severe damage to its economy
Pronuniciation : Kyoto-no-mus
Enronanism
Meaning: Process by which a company screws itself
Usage: The first step to avoid committing Enronanism is to hire a honest auditing firm
Pronunciation : Enr-on-anism
Usage: The first step to avoid committing Enronanism is to hire a honest auditing firm
Pronunciation : Enr-on-anism
Oscarnivore
Meaning: An actor who hunts for Oscars
Usage: Looking at her recent releases, its clear to me that Charlize Theron is an Oscarnivore
Pronunciation : as it is written
Usage: Looking at her recent releases, its clear to me that Charlize Theron is an Oscarnivore
Pronunciation : as it is written
Sudo Queue
Meaning: The evergrowing bandwagon of people who claim to play the game Sudoku with an intention of adding an intellectual coat to their bland persona.
Usage: The latest way to look cool is to join the Sudo Queue.
Pronunciation: Su-do-Q.
Usage: The latest way to look cool is to join the Sudo Queue.
Pronunciation: Su-do-Q.
Clockacious
Meaning: Cutting a long conversation short by glaring at your watch repeatedly.
Usage: When you get clockacious, people think twice about bullshitting.
Pronunciation: Clock-kay-she-us.
Usage: When you get clockacious, people think twice about bullshitting.
Pronunciation: Clock-kay-she-us.
Pecketchup
Meaning: A code word for tell-tale lipstick marks.
Usage: Is that pecketchup or am I imagining things?
Pronunciation: Peck + ketch + up.
Usage: Is that pecketchup or am I imagining things?
Pronunciation: Peck + ketch + up.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Auricoholic
Meaning: Gold addict.
Usage: Women in India are auricoholics.
Pronunciation: Ow-rick-o-hol-lick.
Usage: Women in India are auricoholics.
Pronunciation: Ow-rick-o-hol-lick.
Jackronyms
Meaning: Acronyms that have become so commonplace that no one gives a jack about what they stand for.
Usage: Laser is one hell of a jackronym.
Usage: Laser is one hell of a jackronym.
Sivaquasi
Meaning: Counterfeit stuff that derive sale by claiming a false place of origin.
Usage: Made in USA (Ulhasnagar Sindhinagar Association) is a classic case of sivaquasi-isation.
Pronunciation: See-va-kwa-see.
Root: Every crackers brand in Tamil Nadu claims it's from Sivakasi just to ensure sales.
Usage: Made in USA (Ulhasnagar Sindhinagar Association) is a classic case of sivaquasi-isation.
Pronunciation: See-va-kwa-see.
Root: Every crackers brand in Tamil Nadu claims it's from Sivakasi just to ensure sales.
Dollmeow
Meaning: The art of revealing precious little on a subject, supposedly your forte. Usually practiced by people in the hotseat with a clear intent of hiding their ignorance.
Usage: To my mind, Sonia Gandhi is the best practioner of dollmeow. She's never addressed a press conference on any important topic concerning India.
Pronunciation: doll-me-yao.
Root: Derived from Jagmohan Dalmiya, who for some strange reason, is the head honcho of Indian Cricket despite possessing an abyssmal knowledge on the same.
Usage: To my mind, Sonia Gandhi is the best practioner of dollmeow. She's never addressed a press conference on any important topic concerning India.
Pronunciation: doll-me-yao.
Root: Derived from Jagmohan Dalmiya, who for some strange reason, is the head honcho of Indian Cricket despite possessing an abyssmal knowledge on the same.
Kimonopoly
Meaning: monopoly by a japanese company
Usage : Sony's kimonopoly over the walkman market was shattered by the iPod
Pronunciation : ki-monopoly
Usage : Sony's kimonopoly over the walkman market was shattered by the iPod
Pronunciation : ki-monopoly
Chromentary
Meaning: commentary filled with colorful expressions
Usage: Navjot Singh Sidhu is infamous for his chromentary
Pronunciation: Chrome-en-ter-e
Usage: Navjot Singh Sidhu is infamous for his chromentary
Pronunciation: Chrome-en-ter-e
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Textinguish
Meaning: The act of destroying all letters and documents related to you when you move out of a place.
Usage: I always get sentimental when I try and textinguish my desk.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with extinguish.
Usage: I always get sentimental when I try and textinguish my desk.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with extinguish.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Fucksheesh
Meaning: A sexual favour handed out as a bribe to get a job done.
Usage: The CIA & KGB were great believers in the power of fucksheesh to steal national secrets.
Pronunication: Rhymes with Baksheesh.
Usage: The CIA & KGB were great believers in the power of fucksheesh to steal national secrets.
Pronunication: Rhymes with Baksheesh.
Boeing 404
Meaning: A missing plane.
Usage: Mayday! Mayday! We have a Boeing 404!
Pronunciation: Bo-ing-four-knot-four
Root: 404 is the error message flashed in the web world for 'not found' or 'missing'. And Boeing has this habit of giving 3-digit names to its aircrafts like 747 or 707.
Usage: Mayday! Mayday! We have a Boeing 404!
Pronunciation: Bo-ing-four-knot-four
Root: 404 is the error message flashed in the web world for 'not found' or 'missing'. And Boeing has this habit of giving 3-digit names to its aircrafts like 747 or 707.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Blankashire
Meaning: The place equivalent of tom, dick & harry.
Usage: Every blankashire has internet acccess, today.
Pronunication: Blank-ka-shire.
Usage: Every blankashire has internet acccess, today.
Pronunication: Blank-ka-shire.
Nonovita Man
Meaning: A great survivor.
Usage: Fidel Castro is a true blue nonovita man. He's survived even after the collapse of communism.
Pronunciation: No-no-we-ta-man
Etymology: Nono in greek is Nine. Vita is the latin word for life. Nonovita means anyone with nine lives.
Usage: Fidel Castro is a true blue nonovita man. He's survived even after the collapse of communism.
Pronunciation: No-no-we-ta-man
Etymology: Nono in greek is Nine. Vita is the latin word for life. Nonovita means anyone with nine lives.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Numislogic
Meaning: Deciding something by the toss of a coin.
Usage: We decided our film festival entries using numislogic.
Pronunciation: New-miss-logic.
Usage: We decided our film festival entries using numislogic.
Pronunciation: New-miss-logic.
Quitteritis
Meaning: The itch to quit a company.
Usage: When my boss put in his papers, I developed quitteritis.
Pronunciation: Kwitter-itis.
Usage: When my boss put in his papers, I developed quitteritis.
Pronunciation: Kwitter-itis.
Sparliamentarian
Meaning: A noisy and bellicose Member of Parliament (MP).
Usage: Sparliamentarians are a huge waste of public money.
Pronunciation: Spar-lee-ment-arian.
Usage: Sparliamentarians are a huge waste of public money.
Pronunciation: Spar-lee-ment-arian.
Friday, October 21, 2005
Verysoonami
Meaning: A humungous disaster that can happen any moment.
Usage: An earth quake is verysoonami in nature.
Pronunciation: Very-soon-na-me
Usage: An earth quake is verysoonami in nature.
Pronunciation: Very-soon-na-me
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Phibetacuppa
Meaning: A super stimulant for the mind.
Usage: Everytime I listen to a Feynman lecture, I feel as if I have sipped the phibetacuppa.
Pronunciation: Fy-bee-ta-cup-pa
Usage: Everytime I listen to a Feynman lecture, I feel as if I have sipped the phibetacuppa.
Pronunciation: Fy-bee-ta-cup-pa
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Kama Pithecus
Meaning: A man with a beast like drive for sex.
Usage: He's not a homo sapien. He's more like kama pithecus.
Usage: He's not a homo sapien. He's more like kama pithecus.
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