Meaning: A sad imitation of Indian food.
Pronunciation: Curry-kay-ture.
Usage: Unfortunately, the balti restaurants are nothing but currycatures.
Root: Curry + Caricature.
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Kilogrammarian
Meaning: A heavy weight in grammar.
Pronunciation: Kilo-gram-may-ri-yan.
Usage: Given a chance, a kilogrammarian is capable of detecting a hundred errors in The Hindu.
Root: Kilogram (unit of weight) + Grammarian.
Pronunciation: Kilo-gram-may-ri-yan.
Usage: Given a chance, a kilogrammarian is capable of detecting a hundred errors in The Hindu.
Root: Kilogram (unit of weight) + Grammarian.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Scornication
Meaning: Running down illicit intercourse. Especially between members of the same sex.
Pronunciation: Scor-ni-kay-shun.
Usage: Liberals can never understand as to why conservatives indulge in scornication.
Root: Derived from to pour scorn on fornication.
Pronunciation: Scor-ni-kay-shun.
Usage: Liberals can never understand as to why conservatives indulge in scornication.
Root: Derived from to pour scorn on fornication.
Budrenaline
Meaning: High on alcohol.
Pronunciation: Bud-ri-na-lin.
Usage: 7 out of 10 road accidents at night can be blamed on the budrenaline rush.
Root: Bud (nick for Budweiser) + Adrenaline (State of excitement).
Pronunciation: Bud-ri-na-lin.
Usage: 7 out of 10 road accidents at night can be blamed on the budrenaline rush.
Root: Bud (nick for Budweiser) + Adrenaline (State of excitement).
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Stereotypist
Meaning: A hack who churns out hackneyed stuff.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: There's a certain pleasure in being a stereotypist. Because you are catering to zero expectations.
Root: Stereotypist or Stereotyper is an already existing word. All we've done is to reinterpret it.
Pronunciation: Self-explanatory.
Usage: There's a certain pleasure in being a stereotypist. Because you are catering to zero expectations.
Root: Stereotypist or Stereotyper is an already existing word. All we've done is to reinterpret it.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Cellection
Meaning: An election where members cast their vote using a cell phone.
Pronunciation: Sell-leck-shun.
Usage: News channels justify their shallow stance on policies using data from cellections as fig leaf.
Root: Cell + Election.
Pronunciation: Sell-leck-shun.
Usage: News channels justify their shallow stance on policies using data from cellections as fig leaf.
Root: Cell + Election.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Flashion Design
Meaning: Designing clothes in such a way that there is maximum skin show.
Pronunciation: Flash-shun-design.
Usage: Flashion Designers will be in great demand in the film industry.
Root: Flash (indecent exposure) + Fashion Design.
Pronunciation: Flash-shun-design.
Usage: Flashion Designers will be in great demand in the film industry.
Root: Flash (indecent exposure) + Fashion Design.
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