Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Kissappointment

Meaning: A letdown.
Pronunciation: Rhymes with disappointment.
Usage: Kissapointment is a very prudish way of saying KLPD.
Root: Obvious.

Arachnerda

Meaning: Web designer.
Pronunciation: Uh-raakh-ner-da.
Usage: With the profusion of free widgets, anyone can dream of being an arachnerda.
Root: Arachnida (Greek for Spider) + Nerd.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Thudvertisement

Meaning: An ad that falls flat.
Pronunciation: Thud-vert-ties-ment.
Usage: Funny, no one blames research for approving thudvertisements.
Root: Thud (sound of a falling object) + Advertisement.

Flaggression

Meaning: The act of planting a country's flag in an alien territory.
Pronunciation: Flag-resh-shun.
Usage: China has got away with its policy of flagression for many, many years.
Root: Flag + Aggression.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Leftember

Meaning: The name of the 13th month in a new calendar that apportions the human year into 12 months of 30 days each. The reminding 5 or 6 days will fall under the month of Leftember. The idea behind this initiative is to give 12 months of the same duration.
Pronunciation: Left-tem-bur.
Usage: The whole planet deserves a break in Leftember.
Origin: Calendar proposed by Anantha. The word leftember is derived from 'month with left over days'. That's Left + -ember (the most used suffix to cue month).

Friday, March 21, 2008

Kidli

Meaning: A small idli.
Pronunciation: Kid-lee.
Usage: I ordered the 14-kidli course for lunch.
Root: Kid + Idli.

Kalkakana

Meaning: Old food worth re-heating and re-eating.
Pronunciation: Cull-ka-kaa-na.
Usage: When you're single and working, you make do with kalkakana.
Root: Kal ka khaana (Hindi for yesterday's food).

Schlocktogenarian

Meaning: A person who's spent a lifetime creating/peddling inferior stuff.
Pronunciation: Shh-lock-to-gen-nay-ri-yan.
Usage: The award jury had some seasoned schlocktogenarians.
Root: Schlock (inferior) + Octogenarian (synonymous with a veteran).

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.