Meaning: Having two cysts on your body at the same time
Pronunciation: Rhymes with sister
Usage: I was dilly-dallying on getting the cyst on my thigh surgically removed but when a cyster came, I called the doctor for an appointment right away.
Root: Cyst + Sister
Friday, March 31, 2006
Havaldarr, Havaldarpok
Meaning: A scared, timid policeman
Pronunciation: haval-dur / haval-dur-pok
Usage: When it comes to nabbing the likes of Dawood, even the supercops in the country turn into havaldarrs / havaldarpoks.
Root: Havaldar (policeman) + Darr, Darpork (scare, scared)
Pronunciation: haval-dur / haval-dur-pok
Usage: When it comes to nabbing the likes of Dawood, even the supercops in the country turn into havaldarrs / havaldarpoks.
Root: Havaldar (policeman) + Darr, Darpork (scare, scared)
Innoweight
Meaning: Important innovations. Innovations that hold a lot of weight.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with innovate
Usage: Viagra was the innoweight of the century
Root: Innovate + Weight
Pronunciation: Rhymes with innovate
Usage: Viagra was the innoweight of the century
Root: Innovate + Weight
Loutspeaker
Meaning: A stupid person speaking to an audience
Pronunciation: Rhymes with loudspeaker
Usage: Most politicians are loutspeakers
Root: Lout + Loudspeaker
Pronunciation: Rhymes with loudspeaker
Usage: Most politicians are loutspeakers
Root: Lout + Loudspeaker
Bahartender
Meaning: A bouncer who stands outside a pub
Pronunciation: ba-haar-tender
Usage: Mike Tyson started his career as a bahartender
Root: Bahar (Hindi for outside) + bartender
Pronunciation: ba-haar-tender
Usage: Mike Tyson started his career as a bahartender
Root: Bahar (Hindi for outside) + bartender
Indillectual
Meaning: To think profoundly about India
Pronunciation: indi-lek-chooel
Usage: Politicians in India just act indillectual but no one wants to do anything about it.
Root: India + Intellectual
Pronunciation: indi-lek-chooel
Usage: Politicians in India just act indillectual but no one wants to do anything about it.
Root: India + Intellectual
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Pyarrogance
Meaning: The typical arrogance that people in love display.
Pronunciation: pyar-o-gens.
Usage: Them lovesick couples and their pyarrogance always gets on my nerves.
Root: Pyar (Hindi for love) + arrogance.
Pronunciation: pyar-o-gens.
Usage: Them lovesick couples and their pyarrogance always gets on my nerves.
Root: Pyar (Hindi for love) + arrogance.
Tykobrahade
Meaning: To suffer a nose cut. Or simply put, a loss of face.
Pronunciation: Tie-co-bra-hade.
Usage: BJP was tykobrahade in 1984. It just won 2 seats, then.
Root: Derived from the infamous incident concerning the great astronomer Tycho Brahe. Here's the juice on the incident as recorded by Pierre Gasendi in 1654...
"The 10th of december 1566 there was a dance at Lucas Bacmeisters house in the connection to a wedding. Lucas Bacmeister was a professor of theology at the univeristy of Rostock where Tycho studied. Among the guests were Tycho Brahe and another danish nobleman, Manderup Parsberg. They started an argument and they separated in anger. The 27th of december this argument started again, and in the evening of the 29th of december a duel was held. It was around 7 in the evening and in darkness. Parsberg gives Tycho a cut over his nose that took away almost the front part of his nose. Tycho had an artificial nose made, not from wax, but from an alloy of gold and silver[*] and put it on so skillfully, that it looked like a real nose Wilhelm Janszoon Blaeu, who spent time with Tycho for nearly two years, also said that Tycho used to carry a small box with a paste or glue, with which he often would put on the nose."
Pronunciation: Tie-co-bra-hade.
Usage: BJP was tykobrahade in 1984. It just won 2 seats, then.
Root: Derived from the infamous incident concerning the great astronomer Tycho Brahe. Here's the juice on the incident as recorded by Pierre Gasendi in 1654...
"The 10th of december 1566 there was a dance at Lucas Bacmeisters house in the connection to a wedding. Lucas Bacmeister was a professor of theology at the univeristy of Rostock where Tycho studied. Among the guests were Tycho Brahe and another danish nobleman, Manderup Parsberg. They started an argument and they separated in anger. The 27th of december this argument started again, and in the evening of the 29th of december a duel was held. It was around 7 in the evening and in darkness. Parsberg gives Tycho a cut over his nose that took away almost the front part of his nose. Tycho had an artificial nose made, not from wax, but from an alloy of gold and silver[*] and put it on so skillfully, that it looked like a real nose Wilhelm Janszoon Blaeu, who spent time with Tycho for nearly two years, also said that Tycho used to carry a small box with a paste or glue, with which he often would put on the nose."
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Arabino
Meaning: An arabian albino
Pronunciation: Ara-bhi-no
Usage: Sheik Abdullah is an Arabino
Root: Arab + Albino
Pronunciation: Ara-bhi-no
Usage: Sheik Abdullah is an Arabino
Root: Arab + Albino
Morphection
Meaning: A case of morphing an original picture to perfection. Typically used with celebrity photos of an explicit nature.
Pronunciation: Mor-feck-shun
Usage: Those explicit photos of Aishwarya Rai are examples of morphectionism.
Root: Morph + Perfection
(Contributed by Nirenjan)
Pronunciation: Mor-feck-shun
Usage: Those explicit photos of Aishwarya Rai are examples of morphectionism.
Root: Morph + Perfection
(Contributed by Nirenjan)
Flukometer
Meaning: A measure of just how lucky one can get. 0 means jinxed. 10 means you're Midas.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with glucometer.
Usage: Harbhajan Singh's performance today should clock 7 on the flukometer.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with glucometer.
Usage: Harbhajan Singh's performance today should clock 7 on the flukometer.
Root: Obvious.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Cribbetite
Meaning: Desire for continuous complaining
Pronunciation: Rhymes with appetite.
Usage: When talking about his boss, he has a huge cribbetite.
Root: Crib (v. to complain) + Appetite
Note: Not to be confused with crabbetite.
(Contributed by Nirenjan)
Pronunciation: Rhymes with appetite.
Usage: When talking about his boss, he has a huge cribbetite.
Root: Crib (v. to complain) + Appetite
Note: Not to be confused with crabbetite.
(Contributed by Nirenjan)
Broadom
Meaning: Impatient and bored with your girl/woman
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: Desciribe my relationship? It's broadom
Root: Broad + Boredom
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: Desciribe my relationship? It's broadom
Root: Broad + Boredom
Capitalation
Meaning: The act of surrendering to the need of using capital letters.
Pronounciation: Obvious
Usage: I was using lower case until my capitalation at Wordmint, prompted by Mr. Anantha.
Root: Capitals + Capitulation
Pronounciation: Obvious
Usage: I was using lower case until my capitalation at Wordmint, prompted by Mr. Anantha.
Root: Capitals + Capitulation
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Disparitea
Meaning: The state of a cup of tea tasting markedly different from another depending on the 'master'; the reason why some people prefer to drink tea from the same vendor/tea-shop always.
Pronunciation: Dis-pa-re-tea
Usage: I have not been able to adjust to the disparitea in pondy bazar!
Root: Disparity + Tea.
Pronunciation: Dis-pa-re-tea
Usage: I have not been able to adjust to the disparitea in pondy bazar!
Root: Disparity + Tea.
Inquilabh
Meaning: Sudden or momentous change that results in immediate profits/profitability.
Pronunciation: In-kuh-laabh
Usage: Switching to linux and free software at my company was no less than an inquilabh!
Root: Inquilab (urdu, meaning revolution) + Labh (sanskrit, meaning gain or profit)
Pronunciation: In-kuh-laabh
Usage: Switching to linux and free software at my company was no less than an inquilabh!
Root: Inquilab (urdu, meaning revolution) + Labh (sanskrit, meaning gain or profit)
Andhrapreneur
Meaning: An entrepreneur from Andhra Pradesh
Pronunciation: as is
Usage: Mahendravada venkata ganapathigaru (an old classmate of mine, honest!) is an Andhrapreneur.
Root: Andhra (as in the state of andhra pradesh in india) + Entrepreneur
Pronunciation: as is
Usage: Mahendravada venkata ganapathigaru (an old classmate of mine, honest!) is an Andhrapreneur.
Root: Andhra (as in the state of andhra pradesh in india) + Entrepreneur
Hyperlibidemia
Meaning: A state of abnormally high libido
Pronunciation: hi-per-libid-emia
Usage: My shrink says idleness can cause hyperlibidemia.
Root: Hyper + libido mixed with hyperlipidemia (High Fat in blood)
Pronunciation: hi-per-libid-emia
Usage: My shrink says idleness can cause hyperlibidemia.
Root: Hyper + libido mixed with hyperlipidemia (High Fat in blood)
Erratomaniac
Meaning: A person who is crazy about finding faults with others
Pronunciation: Err-ato-mania
Usage: My boss is such an erratomaniac pain in the wrong place.
Root: errata+ erotomania
Pronunciation: Err-ato-mania
Usage: My boss is such an erratomaniac pain in the wrong place.
Root: errata+ erotomania
Clicktomaniac
Meaning: He who steals mice and other input devices
Pronunciation: Clik-toh-maniac
Usage: Our office IT guy is a clicktomaniac
Root: Click (mouse-click) + Kleptomaniac
Pronunciation: Clik-toh-maniac
Usage: Our office IT guy is a clicktomaniac
Root: Click (mouse-click) + Kleptomaniac
Crewked
Meaning: A shifty and illegal crew
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: I have a bad feeling about that platoon - a crewked one
Root: Crew + Crooked
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: I have a bad feeling about that platoon - a crewked one
Root: Crew + Crooked
Enthusiazure
Meaning: State of being suddenly seized by enthusiasm
Pronunciation: As is
Usage: Newbie reincarnut's having an enthusiazure!
Root: Enthusiasm + Seizure
Pronunciation: As is
Usage: Newbie reincarnut's having an enthusiazure!
Root: Enthusiasm + Seizure
Freevolous
Meaning: Inappropriately silly but free.
Pronunciation: Frivolous with an 'ee'
Usage: I got an absolutely freevolous gift along with my new fridge — cat chow!
Root: Free + Frivolous.
Pronunciation: Frivolous with an 'ee'
Usage: I got an absolutely freevolous gift along with my new fridge — cat chow!
Root: Free + Frivolous.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Promosition
Meaning: Sleeping your way to the top
Pronunciation: Pro-moe-see-shun
Usage: Some people promosition their career
Root: Promotion + Proposition
Pronunciation: Pro-moe-see-shun
Usage: Some people promosition their career
Root: Promotion + Proposition
Protender
Meaning: A professional pretender.
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: Chandru is a Protender man. He can walk into the KGB, no questions asked
Root: Pro + Pretender
Pronunciation: Obvious
Usage: Chandru is a Protender man. He can walk into the KGB, no questions asked
Root: Pro + Pretender
Pervertive
Pervertive:(n)
Meaning: A detective with too much sex on his mind
Pronunciation: Puh-ver-tive.
Usage: Sgt. Jason there...you be wary of him. He's a pervertive
Root: Pervert+Detective
Pervertive:(adj)
Meaning: The abundance of perverted people in society
Pronunciation: Puh-ver-tive
Usage: Urban India is a dificult to live in. A Pervertive place
Root: Pervert+Pervasive
Meaning: A detective with too much sex on his mind
Pronunciation: Puh-ver-tive.
Usage: Sgt. Jason there...you be wary of him. He's a pervertive
Root: Pervert+Detective
Pervertive:(adj)
Meaning: The abundance of perverted people in society
Pronunciation: Puh-ver-tive
Usage: Urban India is a dificult to live in. A Pervertive place
Root: Pervert+Pervasive
Thought Gypsy
Meaning: Dreamer.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I've lived so many lives as a thought gypsy.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I've lived so many lives as a thought gypsy.
Root: Obvious.
Textramarital Affair
Meaning: Flirtatious messages (SMS or chat) sent out by a married person. Not necessarily to the spouse.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with extramarital affair.
Usage: Yahoo chat is the parking lot for textramarital affairs.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with extramarital affair.
Usage: Yahoo chat is the parking lot for textramarital affairs.
Root: Obvious.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Piyodeling
Meaning: Drunken singing.
Pronunciation: Pee-yo-dell-ling.
Usage: Some of the more memorable tunes are born during bouts of piyodeling.
Root: Piyo (to drink in Hindi) + Yodeling (Singing with pitch variation).
Pronunciation: Pee-yo-dell-ling.
Usage: Some of the more memorable tunes are born during bouts of piyodeling.
Root: Piyo (to drink in Hindi) + Yodeling (Singing with pitch variation).
Guessticulate
Meaning: Indicate unsureness of response by scratching one's head.
Pronunciation: Guess-stick-cue-late.
Usage: I was guessticulating non-stop during my viva voce.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Guess-stick-cue-late.
Usage: I was guessticulating non-stop during my viva voce.
Root: Obvious.
Gloathsome
Meaning: Digustingly boastful.
Pronunciation: Glow-thsum.
Usage: Graeme Smith can be very gloathsome at times.
Root: Gloat + Loathsome.
Pronunciation: Glow-thsum.
Usage: Graeme Smith can be very gloathsome at times.
Root: Gloat + Loathsome.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Debternity
Meaning: The excrutiatingly long period of time taken to pay what's overdue to you.
Prounciation: Det-turn-nit-tea.
Usage: I know many people who take a debternity to return even 10 bucks.
Root: Debt + Eternity.
Prounciation: Det-turn-nit-tea.
Usage: I know many people who take a debternity to return even 10 bucks.
Root: Debt + Eternity.
Sweatropolis
Meaning: A hot and humid city.
Pronunciation: Sweat-row-polis.
Usage: Madras has been a sweatropolis since time immemorial.
Root: Sweat + Metrolopolis.
Pronunciation: Sweat-row-polis.
Usage: Madras has been a sweatropolis since time immemorial.
Root: Sweat + Metrolopolis.
Scorelation
Meaning: The correlation between the scores of a cricketer and the endorsement fee he charges for appearing in ads. A negative scorelation means the cricketer is earning a high endorsement fee despite non-performance. A positive scorelation obviously means the high endorsement fee is a result of great performances.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with correlation.
Usage: Tendulkar has had a negative scorelation for the past four years.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with correlation.
Usage: Tendulkar has had a negative scorelation for the past four years.
Root: Obvious.
Pissification
Meaning: The act of passing urine
Pronunciation: Piss-e-fication.
Usage: Indian men are adept at pissification, especially on a public wall.
Root: obvious
Pronunciation: Piss-e-fication.
Usage: Indian men are adept at pissification, especially on a public wall.
Root: obvious
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Vettimology
Meaning: A pointless study to fill one's time.
Pronunciation: Wet-tea-maul-logy.
Usage: Management Trainees indulge in vettimology to appear busy.
Root: Derived from Vetti (Tamil for jobless) and Etymology.
Pronunciation: Wet-tea-maul-logy.
Usage: Management Trainees indulge in vettimology to appear busy.
Root: Derived from Vetti (Tamil for jobless) and Etymology.
Ponnupaathufying
Meaning: The Indian tradition of the wannabe groom checking out the wannabe bride in full view of both the families.
Pronunciation: Pon-nu-path-thu-phi-ing.
Usage: Ponnupaathufying can be one hell of a stress interview for the guy in question.
Root: Ponnu (Tamil for girl) + Paathu (Tamil for checking out) + fying (Tamil slang suffix for an activity).
Pronunciation: Pon-nu-path-thu-phi-ing.
Usage: Ponnupaathufying can be one hell of a stress interview for the guy in question.
Root: Ponnu (Tamil for girl) + Paathu (Tamil for checking out) + fying (Tamil slang suffix for an activity).
Monday, March 20, 2006
Psychlostyle
Meaning: Copycat behaviour.
Pronunciation: Homonym of cyclostyle.
Usage: Kids tend to psychlostyle their mom's mannerisms.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Homonym of cyclostyle.
Usage: Kids tend to psychlostyle their mom's mannerisms.
Root: Obvious.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Shoddynary
Meaning: Cheapish looking.
Pronunciation: Shoddy-nary.
Usage: I turned up for the interview in a very shoddynary attire. Thankfully they didn't select me.
Root: Shoddy + Ordinary.
Pronunciation: Shoddy-nary.
Usage: I turned up for the interview in a very shoddynary attire. Thankfully they didn't select me.
Root: Shoddy + Ordinary.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Bakvasthu Shastra
Meaning: The mindless alterations in interiors, made in the name of Vasthu or Feng Shui.
Pronunciation: Buck-vaas-thu shaas-tra.
Usage: Demolishing rooms and placing fish tanks are some signs of bakvasthu shastra.
Root: Bakwas (hindi for rubbish) + Vasthu Shastra.
Pronunciation: Buck-vaas-thu shaas-tra.
Usage: Demolishing rooms and placing fish tanks are some signs of bakvasthu shastra.
Root: Bakwas (hindi for rubbish) + Vasthu Shastra.
Growned
Meaning: A sound of despair associated with growth pangs
Pronounciation: Rhymes with groaned
Usage: Bangalore's infrastructure growned
Root: Grow+Groaned
Pronounciation: Rhymes with groaned
Usage: Bangalore's infrastructure growned
Root: Grow+Groaned
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Newthanasia
Meaning: The act of shooting down new proposals, ideas or concepts.
Pronunciation: New-thun-asia.
Usage: Status-quoists practice newthanasia.
Root: New + thanasia (death).
Pronunciation: New-thun-asia.
Usage: Status-quoists practice newthanasia.
Root: New + thanasia (death).
Cashablanka
Meaning: to encash a blank cheque.
Pronounciation: kaisha-blanka
Usage: Harry handed over the blank cheque to his son and said: cashablanka.
Root: Obvious
Pronounciation: kaisha-blanka
Usage: Harry handed over the blank cheque to his son and said: cashablanka.
Root: Obvious
Apaartunity
Meaning: an opportunity one can't let go.
Pronounciation: apaar-chew-nity
Usage: I can't miss the apaartunity of studying at Harvard.
Root: apaar (Hindi for 'unparalleled') + opportunity.
Pronounciation: apaar-chew-nity
Usage: I can't miss the apaartunity of studying at Harvard.
Root: apaar (Hindi for 'unparalleled') + opportunity.
Hindie movie
Meaning: An independent Hindi movie.
Pronounciation: hin-D moo-V
Usage: Konkana Sen is one of the foremost Hindie movie actors.
Root: Hindi + indie movie
Pronounciation: hin-D moo-V
Usage: Konkana Sen is one of the foremost Hindie movie actors.
Root: Hindi + indie movie
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Yeticulous
Meaning: One who takes pains to appear abominable.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with meticulous.
Usage: Avi is very yeticulous in his online avatar.
Root: Yeti + Meticulous.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with meticulous.
Usage: Avi is very yeticulous in his online avatar.
Root: Yeti + Meticulous.
Cubiclodyte
Meaning: One who stays at office all the time.
Pronunciation: Cubic-low-dyte.
Usage: Once you join a BPO, you must get ready to morph into a cubiclodyte.
Root: Cubicle + Dyte (greek for dweller).
Pronunciation: Cubic-low-dyte.
Usage: Once you join a BPO, you must get ready to morph into a cubiclodyte.
Root: Cubicle + Dyte (greek for dweller).
Reekonomics
Meaning: Financial ideas or proposals that raise a stink.
Pronunciation: Reek-co-norm-mix.
Usage: Chidamabaram's reekomomics might cost Sonia Gandhi dearly.
Root: Reek + Economics.
Pronunciation: Reek-co-norm-mix.
Usage: Chidamabaram's reekomomics might cost Sonia Gandhi dearly.
Root: Reek + Economics.
Clashanova
Meaning: A guy who loves a fight.
Pronunciation: Clash-sha-no-va.
Usage: There are very few clashanovas in the Indian cricket team.
Root: Clash + Casanova.
Pronunciation: Clash-sha-no-va.
Usage: There are very few clashanovas in the Indian cricket team.
Root: Clash + Casanova.
Rotivation
Meaning: The drive to work for food.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with motivation.
Usage: Man is a slave of the ordinary, thanks to his rotivation.
Root: Roti (Hindi for staple diet) + Motivation.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with motivation.
Usage: Man is a slave of the ordinary, thanks to his rotivation.
Root: Roti (Hindi for staple diet) + Motivation.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Adonoise
Meaning: An aspiring Adonis who makes too much noise about his conquests.
Pronunciation: Ado- Noise.
Usage: As it is Adonises are irritating, more so when they are Adonoises!
Root: Adonis, the Greek God of Male Charm, lover of Aphrodite, the Goddess of love.
Pronunciation: Ado- Noise.
Usage: As it is Adonises are irritating, more so when they are Adonoises!
Root: Adonis, the Greek God of Male Charm, lover of Aphrodite, the Goddess of love.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Pseudopolyglot
Meaning: One who pretends to know many languages.
Pronunciation: Sew-do-poly-glot.
Usage: With a massive vocabulary of 8000 English words, 3 French words, 2 German words and 1 Esperanto word, I passed myself off as a polyglot. But I guess wordminters will call me a pseudopolyglot.
Root: Pseudo (Fake) + Polyglot (One who speaks many languages).
Pronunciation: Sew-do-poly-glot.
Usage: With a massive vocabulary of 8000 English words, 3 French words, 2 German words and 1 Esperanto word, I passed myself off as a polyglot. But I guess wordminters will call me a pseudopolyglot.
Root: Pseudo (Fake) + Polyglot (One who speaks many languages).
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Aphrodisciac
Meaning: euphemism for DVD containing porno material
Pronunciation: afro-disc-iac
Usage: Nothing like the aphrodisciacs to make a man feel larger than life.
Root: obvious
Pronunciation: afro-disc-iac
Usage: Nothing like the aphrodisciacs to make a man feel larger than life.
Root: obvious
Friday, March 10, 2006
Fishlist
Meaning: The seafood menu at restaurants
Pronunciation: fish-list (obviously)
Usage: The Canton has a great fishlist
Root: Fish + List (Based on wishlist)
Pronunciation: fish-list (obviously)
Usage: The Canton has a great fishlist
Root: Fish + List (Based on wishlist)
Proacher
Meaning: An over-enthusiastic Preacher, a preacher who poaches
Pronunciation: Pro-cher.
Usage: Father D'Souza is a proacher
Root: Poach + Preacher.
Pronunciation: Pro-cher.
Usage: Father D'Souza is a proacher
Root: Poach + Preacher.
Artistree
Meaning: A female artist
Pronounciation: Arti-stree
Usage: Divya shows great promise. She would make a great artistree
Root: Artist+Stree
Pronounciation: Arti-stree
Usage: Divya shows great promise. She would make a great artistree
Root: Artist+Stree
Pffafagraphy
Meaning: Photography that's random, aimless, pure pffaf
Pronounciation: Faff-a-graph-ee
Usage: Chandru's no Atul Kasbekar. His is pure pffafagraphy.
Root: Pffaf+Photography
Pronounciation: Faff-a-graph-ee
Usage: Chandru's no Atul Kasbekar. His is pure pffafagraphy.
Root: Pffaf+Photography
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Entertaintment
Meaning: Form of oral creative art, in which tainting others brings loads of fun.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Hanging out with gossipmongers always offers wholesome entertaintment.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Hanging out with gossipmongers always offers wholesome entertaintment.
Root: Obvious.
Restaurrant
Meaning: a place where one can rest and bitch.
Pronunciation: rest-aur-rant.
Usage: We went to the restaurrant and drank coffee.
Root: rest + aur(Hindi for 'and') + rant
Pronunciation: rest-aur-rant.
Usage: We went to the restaurrant and drank coffee.
Root: rest + aur(Hindi for 'and') + rant
Electronixed
Meaning: Rejected by the electronic ballot.
Pronunciation: Elect-raw-nixed.
Usage: Will Jayalalitha be electronixed on May 8th? Only time will tell.
Root: Electronic Voting + Nix (to reject).
Pronunciation: Elect-raw-nixed.
Usage: Will Jayalalitha be electronixed on May 8th? Only time will tell.
Root: Electronic Voting + Nix (to reject).
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Funnerving
Meaning: Sense of humour that psyches you out.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: That woman was so witty I found her funnerving.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: That woman was so witty I found her funnerving.
Root: Obvious.
Streecycle
Meaning: When a guy dates his former girl friend.
Pronunciation: Sthree-cycle.
Usage: What do you do when you get no one? Streecycle.
Root: Stree (Hindi word for woman) + Recycle.
Pronunciation: Sthree-cycle.
Usage: What do you do when you get no one? Streecycle.
Root: Stree (Hindi word for woman) + Recycle.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Jeespotting
Meaning: to ogle at married women.
Pronounciation: G-spotting
Usage: One study reveals that young men are more prone to jeespotting that older men.
Root: c.f. Jeespot
Pronounciation: G-spotting
Usage: One study reveals that young men are more prone to jeespotting that older men.
Root: c.f. Jeespot
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Curry Cinema
Meaning: Films with an Indian flavour.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Curry Cinema is a mix of masala, emotions, entertainment, art, reality, romance, action and music.
Root: Curry (cues Indian and mix) + Cinema.
Note: I proprose Curry Cinema as an alternative to Bollywood Films. Because a) It's more Indian sounding. b) It has the potential to be the umbrella phrase for Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Kashmiri, Hindi and Indian English films.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Curry Cinema is a mix of masala, emotions, entertainment, art, reality, romance, action and music.
Root: Curry (cues Indian and mix) + Cinema.
Note: I proprose Curry Cinema as an alternative to Bollywood Films. Because a) It's more Indian sounding. b) It has the potential to be the umbrella phrase for Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Kashmiri, Hindi and Indian English films.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Cognispent
Meaning: Mentally drained, burnt out
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I wanted to dazzle her with my cogniscent speech. But everytime I meet her, I end up being cognispent and speechless.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: I wanted to dazzle her with my cogniscent speech. But everytime I meet her, I end up being cognispent and speechless.
Stallternative
Meaning: A sub-optimal plan, option or idea knowingly given to buy time.
Pronunciation: Stall-ta-native.
Usage: Making the LOC the official border, is a brilliant stallternative presented by India to Pakistan, to prolong the Kashmir impasse.
Root: Stall + Alternative.
Pronunciation: Stall-ta-native.
Usage: Making the LOC the official border, is a brilliant stallternative presented by India to Pakistan, to prolong the Kashmir impasse.
Root: Stall + Alternative.
Madamesold
Meaning: A sold out madameselle.
Pronunciation: madme + sold
Usage: Madameselle yesterday. madamesold today. madameresale tomorrow. The market for madams is always there i suppose!
Root: French
Pronunciation: madme + sold
Usage: Madameselle yesterday. madamesold today. madameresale tomorrow. The market for madams is always there i suppose!
Root: French
Friday, March 03, 2006
Phoneycation
Meaning: Virtual sex.
Pronunciation: Phoney-cay-shun.
Usage: 1 in 10 people who are on Yahoo chat, chat in the hope of phoneycation.
Root: Phoney + Fornication.
Note: An alternate meaning could be telephone sex.
Pronunciation: Phoney-cay-shun.
Usage: 1 in 10 people who are on Yahoo chat, chat in the hope of phoneycation.
Root: Phoney + Fornication.
Note: An alternate meaning could be telephone sex.
Softworn Engineer
Meaning: A worn out software engineer
Pronunciation: soft + worn + engineer
Usage: I started out as a software engineer. Pretty soon I became quite softworn...gotta do something about it
Root: Obvious
Pronunciation: soft + worn + engineer
Usage: I started out as a software engineer. Pretty soon I became quite softworn...gotta do something about it
Root: Obvious
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Fludicrous
Meaning: The farcical preventive steps taken to stop bird flu.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with ludicrous.
Usage: Slaughtering half a million chickens to avert a disease that hasn't even killed 10 Indians was simply fludicrous.
Root: Obvious.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with ludicrous.
Usage: Slaughtering half a million chickens to avert a disease that hasn't even killed 10 Indians was simply fludicrous.
Root: Obvious.
Shrumberger
Meaning: a job that entails a lot of physical labour.
Pronunciation: shrum-ber-ger ('ber' as in Bernice; 'ger' as in Germany)
Usage: Don't get Shrumbergered; join some IT firm.
Root: Shrum (Hindi for 'physical labour')
Note: Schlumberger is one of the world's top-most oil corporations, along with Halliburton and others.
Pronunciation: shrum-ber-ger ('ber' as in Bernice; 'ger' as in Germany)
Usage: Don't get Shrumbergered; join some IT firm.
Root: Shrum (Hindi for 'physical labour')
Note: Schlumberger is one of the world's top-most oil corporations, along with Halliburton and others.
Cull-de-sack
Meaning: summary expulsion from an organization.
Pronunciation: kal-D-saik
Usage: A large number of GE employees were mercilessly cull-de-sacked under Welch's rank-and-yank policy.
Root: cull + sack
Pronunciation: kal-D-saik
Usage: A large number of GE employees were mercilessly cull-de-sacked under Welch's rank-and-yank policy.
Root: cull + sack
Procure & Gamble
Meaning: indulgence in socially unacceptable activities.
Pronunciation: pro-cure and gam-bal
Usage: Every year, a lot of people go to Amsterdam to procure & gamble.
Root: Procure + Gamble
Pronunciation: pro-cure and gam-bal
Usage: Every year, a lot of people go to Amsterdam to procure & gamble.
Root: Procure + Gamble
Indian Idle
Meaning: one who suffers from perennial fecklessness.
Pronunciation: in-D-un I-dul
Usage: Government offices are infested with Indian Idles.
Root: Obvious
Pronunciation: in-D-un I-dul
Usage: Government offices are infested with Indian Idles.
Root: Obvious
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Parelines
Meaning: Budget airlines that chop the frills and offer you just a seat to travel from point A to point B.
Pronunciation: Pair-lines.
Usage: The parelines business is bound to be a huge success in a country like India where over 900 million people have never travelled by air because it's unaffordable.
Root: Pare (cut the superficial and offer the substance) + Airlines.
Pronunciation: Pair-lines.
Usage: The parelines business is bound to be a huge success in a country like India where over 900 million people have never travelled by air because it's unaffordable.
Root: Pare (cut the superficial and offer the substance) + Airlines.
starestruck
meaning: dumbstruck by a stare
pronunctiation: stare + struck
usage: Her looks had me starestruck for hours
root: obvious
pronunctiation: stare + struck
usage: Her looks had me starestruck for hours
root: obvious
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