tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180486882024-03-07T18:54:44.893-08:00Word MintMinting neologisms at our own pace.ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comBlogger1227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-15612255886462535372017-05-17T07:50:00.000-07:002017-05-17T07:50:10.602-07:00Inflaectuation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Meaning: Having an infatuation based on the inflections in someone's voice.<br />
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Pronunciation: In-flaeck-chew-a-shun Note: ae is a with an umlaut.<br />
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Usage: I had an inflaectuation on that woman on hearing her voice in the youtube video.<br />
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Root: Inflection + Infatuation</div>
Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01919672726075584382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-52464088311004127502016-02-29T18:20:00.000-08:002016-02-29T18:20:12.631-08:00Tennisquito<i>Meaning: The sport of mosquito killing using an electric tennis racket.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Ten-nis-kee-toe.
<BR>Usage: Tennisquito is the only night game, a Chennaiite plays these days.
<BR>Root: Tennis + Mosquito.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-27057621081362009622015-06-11T20:51:00.001-07:002015-06-11T20:52:19.696-07:00Spartacuss<i>Meaning: One who's frugal with swear words.
<BR><i>Pronunciation: Spar-tuck-cuss.</i>
<BR><i>Usage: In Delhi, there's no point in being a Spartacuss.</i>
<BR><i>Root: Spartan about cussing.</i></i>ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-42612231145672479222015-02-26T20:13:00.001-08:002015-02-26T20:13:55.450-08:00Hallucinogent<i>Meaning: A lotus eater.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Hal-lew-sin-no-gent.
<BR>Usage: The only way I can hope to paint like Dali is to become a hallucinogent.
<BR>Root: From hallucinogen (a drug that causes hallucinations) + gent.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-39971588662557325482015-02-26T20:04:00.002-08:002015-02-26T20:04:34.064-08:00Keptomaniac<i>Meaning: A habitual stealer of mistresses.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Kept-toe-may-ni-yak.
<BR>Usage: Don't introduce your chick to him, he's a keptomaniac.
<BR>Root: Derived from Kleptomaniac. Kept here refers to 'a mistress or one who's kept well in exchange for sexual favours'.ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-62250922343794959222015-02-25T19:47:00.002-08:002015-02-25T19:47:48.011-08:00Goodie Governance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Meaning:</i> When a particular government's way of functioning is to give freebies to the public in the hope of retaining power during the subsequent elections.<br />
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Pronunciation: Goo-dee Governance<br />
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Usage: Goodie governance is a practice passed on to the PAAP by the Congress.<br />
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Root: Self Evident<br />
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Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01919672726075584382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-15615887312427120752015-01-25T17:15:00.000-08:002015-01-25T17:15:15.483-08:00Loopus<i>Meaning: When you start experiencing <i>Deja vu</i> over and over again.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Loop-us.
<BR>Usage: With Loopus, your life becomes one long groundhog day.
<BR>Root: Loop + Lupus (a chronic disease).
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-37429465636635654482014-10-09T09:31:00.000-07:002014-10-09T09:31:15.623-07:00Jungoism<i>Meaning: War mongering.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Jung (rhymes with chung) - go-ism.
<BR>Usage: Arnab Goswami is a celebrity practitioner of jungoism.
<BR>Root: Jung (Urdu for 'war') + Jingoism (extreme patriotism)ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-19408393147714324642014-06-10T19:59:00.000-07:002014-06-10T20:27:41.166-07:00Lungijams<i>Meaning: Pyjamas stitched out of lungis.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Loong-ghee-jams
<BR>Usage: One way to extend the product life cycle of Lungis is to launch Lungijams for the international market.
<BR>Root: LUNGI + pyJAMaS
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-9067132148292297852014-06-01T20:25:00.003-07:002014-06-01T20:25:57.295-07:00Aciditty<i>Meaning: Song composed under the influence of hallucinogenic substances.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Acid-dit-tea
<BR>Usage: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Beatles is one of the more famous aciditties.
<BR>Root: Acid (slang for drugs) + Ditty (song).
<BR>Another meaning: Aciditty is also the belching, burping sounds one makes due to acidity.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-26780360174634014992014-06-01T06:50:00.000-07:002014-06-01T06:50:34.518-07:00Eastrogen & Westrogen<i>Meaning: The mystery element that makes us either eastern in orientation or western.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: East-trojan & West-trojan.
<BR>Usage: Narendra Modi has more eastrogen in him than westrogen.
<BR>Root: Eastrogen is a play on Estrogen (the hormone that promotes the feminine nature. Westrogen is an improvisation of Eastrogen.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-70260733264726848052014-04-25T01:23:00.002-07:002014-04-25T01:23:59.749-07:00Bollygamy<i>Meaning: Bollywood style wedding.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Ball-lee-gam-me.
<BR>Usage: Increasingly, many couples in the West are opting for Bollygamy.
<BR>Root: Bolly (short for Bollywood) + -gamos (Greek suffix for marriage).ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-47480213212441511002014-03-24T07:40:00.001-07:002014-03-24T07:40:26.971-07:00Hobbytuarist<i>Meaning: One who spends a lot of time, writing off others.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Hobby-choo-war-ist.
<BR>Usage: Those who do nothing with their lives, turn hobbytuarists.
<BR>Root: Hobby + Obituarist.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-86579695354911808232014-03-23T01:24:00.001-07:002014-03-23T01:24:23.941-07:00NaMonopoly<i>Meaning: Reducing a mass-based party into a one-man show.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Namo-nop-poly
<BR>Usage: In six months, the BJP will be a NaMonopoly with no role for moderates and anyone with a sphere of influence.
<BR>Root: NaMo (the name of a political leader)+ Monopoly
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-14658913618832665292014-01-22T17:03:00.003-08:002014-01-22T17:06:00.811-08:00Superhyperultratouchy<i>Meaning: One who takes offence at almost anything.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Soo-pa-high-pa-ull-tra-touch-chee.
<BR>Usage: In a land full of the superhyperultratouchy, there can be no stand-up comedians.
<BR>Root: Self explanatory.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-36381590339044911542013-11-17T20:32:00.002-08:002013-11-17T20:32:51.771-08:00Manyfesto<i>Meaning: Releasing multiple manifestos that cater to different segments of the electorate.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Men-nee-fest-toe
<BR>Usage: AAP pioneered the idea of manyfesto in the Delhi Assembly elections in 2013.
<BR>Root: Many + Manifesto.ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-79745399106607238902013-10-03T20:52:00.004-07:002013-10-03T20:53:13.298-07:00Capitalite<i>Meaning: One who bankrolls parties thrown for socialites. And hence makes it to Page 3.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Capital-light.
<BR>Usage: Subbi Rami Reddy is a well known capitalite.
<BR>Root: Quite obvious.
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-24506514957687209422013-10-03T10:19:00.001-07:002013-10-03T10:21:37.758-07:00Sayonari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Meaning: A lady who dumps men.</i><br />
<i>Pronunciation: Sa-yo-na-ree.</i><br />
<i>Usage: In a polyandrous society, the sayonari would be every man's ideal. </i><br />
<i>Root: Sayonara (Japanese for goodbye) + Nari (Hindi for woman).</i></div>
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-21092676299287705052013-08-23T22:03:00.002-07:002013-08-23T22:03:22.385-07:00Ascetic Acid<i>Meaning: Mind altering substances used by sadhus</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
<BR>Usage: Come Kumbh Mela or Shivratri, the demand for ascetic acid skyrockets.
<BR>Root: Ascetic (a hermit) + Acid (Slang for hallucinogens). ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-7872511898936226902013-08-06T23:38:00.002-07:002013-08-06T23:38:16.271-07:00Trikalyatri<i>Meaning: Time traveler.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Three-kaal-ya-three.
<BR>Usage: Trikalyatris are not a figment of our fertile imagination. For all you know, they may be the faceless crowd we never bother to see.
<BR>Root: Trikal (Hindi for past, present and future) + Yatri (Hindi for traveler).ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-6399959735538985212013-08-02T20:06:00.000-07:002013-08-02T20:06:28.505-07:00Andhraoid<i>Meaning: An alien (from Andhra) working or living in Telengana.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Aan-dhroid.
<BR>Usage: The leaders of the Telengana movement are clear that they wish to treat Andhraoids as second class citizens.
<BR>Root: Andhra (short form for Andhra Pradesh, a state in Southern India)+ -oid (suffix meaning 'resembling').
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-52860956536212161392013-07-25T10:14:00.000-07:002013-07-25T10:14:47.759-07:00Echonomist<i>Meaning: An amateur with no academic qualifications who passes himself off as an economist.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Ecko-norm-mist.
<BR>Usage: There are way too many libertarian echonomists these days who just parrot what they read on the net.
<BR>Root: Echo (to resemble or imitate) + Economist.ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-2989394658098236962013-07-22T22:07:00.000-07:002013-07-22T22:07:05.481-07:00Lexentric<i>Meaning: Habitual violator of the law.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Lex-sent-trick.
<BR>Usage: Ignorance of law is no excuse for being lexentric.
<BR>Root: Lex (Latin for 'law') + Eccentric (Deviant).ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-35314671757536135512013-07-20T20:57:00.002-07:002013-07-20T20:57:52.996-07:00Frugalbandi<i>Meaning: Buying 2 for the price of 1.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Froo-gull-bun-dhee.
<BR>Usage: In off-seasons, brands dance to the tune of frugalbandi.
<BR>Root: Frugal (Save) + Jugalbandi (a duet)
ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18048688.post-64824035595810891092013-07-18T21:48:00.000-07:002013-07-18T21:48:05.110-07:00Lassphemy<i>Meaning: The act of insulting women.</i>
<BR>Pronunciation: Lass-fay-me.
<BR>Usage: MCPs take pride in indulging in lassphemy.
<BR>Root: Lass (Lady) + Blasphemy.ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.com