Saturday, March 15, 2008

Jangreed

Meaning: The lust to consume, more and more sweets.
Pronunciation: Jong-greed.
Usage: Bongs are known for their sweet tooth and legendary jangreed.
Root: Jangree (a sweet in South India) + Greed.

Modembakkam

Meaning: A networked area.
Pronunciation: Mo-dem-bach-cum.
Usage: Our organisation is a modembakkam. We have a WAN connecting all our branches with VSATs.
Root: Modem + bakkam (suffix for any area in tamil).

Slangfroid

Meaning: A cool slang. Or a slang in vogue.
Pronunciation: Slang-fwa.
Usage: I just read about 'bitch piss'. Methinks it's very slangfroid.
Root: Slang + Froid (French for cold/cool).

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Budjet

Meaning: An economy aircraft.
Pronunciation: Same as budget.
Usage: Air Deccan has built its business model on budjets.
Root: Budget + Jet.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Ampersaand

Meaning: The collective noun for bulls.
Pronunciation: Am-per-saa-nd.
Usage: A cattle of bulls sounds so sissy compared to an ampersaand of bulls.
Root: Ampersand (Conjunction) + Saand (Hindi for Bull).

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Contortoys

Meaning: Transformer toys that can be tweaked into any shape or form.
Pronunciation: Cunt-tor-toys.
Usage: Human beings are the contortoys of the children in heaven.
Root: Contort (to twist) + Toys.

Partshala

Meaning: Part-time school.
Pronunciation: Part-sha-la.
Usage: Future Universities will earn a large part of their revenues by instituting partshalas in all streams.
Root: Part + Paatshala (Hindi for School).

Judwa Shabd

Meaning: Synonym.
Pronunciation: Ju-d-va Sha-b-dh.
Usage: Coword is a judwa shabd for synonym.
Root: Judwa (Hindi for Twin) + Shabd (Hindi for Word).

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Sincenati

Meaning: Advertisers who use the overused tagline, 'Since blah blah'.
Pronunciation: Since-na-tea.
Usage: Every city has its own elite club of sincenati.
Root: Since ____ (a commonplace tagline for anyone who wishes to flaunt heritage) + nati (latin for born)

Addyvasi

Meaning: Member of the advertising tribe.
Pronunciation: Addy-waa-see
Usage: David Ogilvy turned an addyvasi after junking his cooker salesman job.
Root: Addy (slang for 'that which sounds or looks very advertising') + Adivasi (Hindi for a tribal).

Indomination

Meaning: Muscle flexing by the emerging superpower, India.
Pronunciation: Ind-doe-me-nation
Usage: Steve Bucknor was done in by indomination.
Root: Indo + Domination.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Photogrammer

Meaning: An extraordinarily strict, by-the-books photographer.
Pronunciation: Foto-gram-uh.
Usage: Chandrachoodan's photos would please even the most anal photogrammer.
Root: Photographer + Grammar.

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Trustrologer

Meaning: A believer in astrology.
Pronunciation: Trust-traw-la-jer.
Usage: Trustrologers will never sign business deals during raahu kaalam.
Root: Trust + Astrologer.

Grinsipid

Meaning: A banal joke that elicits a fake smile or chuckle.
Pronunciation: Grin-sip-pid.
Usage: To the seasoned humorist, pun is grinsipid stuff.
Root: Grin + Insipid.

Tamasochist

Meaning: A willingness or tendency to surrender oneself to the darker forces.
Pronunciation: Tha-mass-so-kist
Usage: Anakin Skywalker was a Tamasochist.
Root: Tamas (Sanskrit for darkness)+ Masochist.

Nicktitation

Meaning: The reflex action of a batsmen that well and truly gives away the fact that he had nicked the ball to the keeper.
Pronunciation: Nick-ti-tay-shun.
Usage: The umpire didn't hesitate to lift his finger after seeing Hussey's nicktitation.
Root: Nick (to edge) + Nictitation (reflexive blinking or winking of the eye).

Sheikular

Meaning: On paper secular, but clearly pro-muslim.
Pronunciation: Shake-yule-lur.
Usage: Mulayam Singh Yadav might turn India into sheikular democracy if he heads a coalition government at the center.
Root: Sheik (an islamic head)+ Secular.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Aanamatopoeic

Meaning: Anything that sounds huge.
Pronunciation: Aa-na-meto-pick
Usage: Dolly Parton's you-know-what had this aanaimatopoeic quality once upon a time.
Root: Aana (Mallu for elephant) + Onomatopoeic (Innately sounding).

Friday, December 28, 2007

Dhotee

Meaning: Sporting a dhoti & a t-shirt. A curious fashion trend noticeable down South.
Pronunciation: Dho-tee.
Usage: After the wedding, all the tam-bram men switched over to their dhotees.
Root: Dhoti + Tee (short form for T-shirt).

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Pasidity

Meaning: The illusion of hunger when acidity plays havoc.
Pronunciation: Pa-see-ditty.
Usage: I had lunch for breakfast thanks to my pasidity.
Root: Pasi (Tamil word for hunger) + Acidity.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Hansack

Meaning: An act of plunder and destruction wrought by swans.
Pronunciation: like ransack - hans (as in hands, without the 'd') + sak.
Usage: Sneaky swans! They look like they might hansack our village anytime.
Root: Hans - the Sanskrit word for swan + ransack

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Burghlar

Meaning: A city-dwelling thief.
Pronounciation: Buh-rg-lur
Usage: Chennai is seeing a sudden increase in the number of burghlars.
Root: Burgher (city dweller) + burglar

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Shoddyshuda

Meaning: In a messy state of matrimony.
Pronunciation: Shod-dee-shoo-da.
Usage: Being single is better than being shoddyshuda.
Root: Shadishuda (the hindi term for being married) + Shoddy (Of inferior quality).

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Modius

Meaning: Detestable yet popular.
Pronunciation: Mo-dee-yes.
Usage: The increasing clamour for nuclear bombs is utterly modius.
Root: Modi (Narendra Modi, the popular bigot of Gujarat) + Odius (hate-worthy).

Actolastsec

Meaning: Person who does things at the eleventh hour.
Pronunciation: Acto-toe-las-sec.
Usage: From tax-filing to going-to-the-loo, I've always been an actolastsec.
Root: Acto (actor = one who acts) + Last Sec (last second).