Meaning: A kid who lost his dad in a bomb attack.
Pronunciation: Blah-sturd.
Usage: Al Qaeda has spawned a thousand blastards.
Root: Blast + Bastard (a child who doesn't know his father).
Friday, December 05, 2008
Voodoo Terrorism
Meaning: Instigating terrorism without soiling one's hands.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Pakistan's voodoo terrorism tactic might appear to be working for now. But sooner or later, the hands that control the remote will have to face the consequences.
Root: Voodoo (holding magical power over adherents) + Terrorism.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Pakistan's voodoo terrorism tactic might appear to be working for now. But sooner or later, the hands that control the remote will have to face the consequences.
Root: Voodoo (holding magical power over adherents) + Terrorism.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Hopinion Polls
Meaning: Doctored polls that hope to create an impression of invincibility for a party or a candidate.
Pronunciation: Ho-pee-ni-yun pollz.
Usage: The electorate will not be be fooled by Hopinion Polls. They have a mind of their own.
Root: Opinion Polls based on nothing but hope.
Pronunciation: Ho-pee-ni-yun pollz.
Usage: The electorate will not be be fooled by Hopinion Polls. They have a mind of their own.
Root: Opinion Polls based on nothing but hope.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Crambidextrous
Meaning: Leveraging cramming skills to appear unusually smart.
Pronunciation: Cram-be-dex-trus.
Usage: Sarah Palin is crambidextrous. That's why she's able to shine through in her speeches despite muddling through her candid interviews.
Root: Cram + ambidextrous.
Pronunciation: Cram-be-dex-trus.
Usage: Sarah Palin is crambidextrous. That's why she's able to shine through in her speeches despite muddling through her candid interviews.
Root: Cram + ambidextrous.
Palincompetent
Meaning: Not that bad. Not that good.
Pronunciation: Pal-lin-comp-pee-tent.
Usage: Rahul Gandhi is in the same league as his dad. He's sorta palincompetent.
Root: Palin + Incompetent.
Pronunciation: Pal-lin-comp-pee-tent.
Usage: Rahul Gandhi is in the same league as his dad. He's sorta palincompetent.
Root: Palin + Incompetent.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Impotentiary
Meaning: A place infested with timid, servile cowards.
Pronunciation: Im-po-ten-shiary.
Usage: Sycophancy can turn any organization into an impotentiary.
Root: Impotent + Derived from the latin suffix arium (means place containing).
Pronunciation: Im-po-ten-shiary.
Usage: Sycophancy can turn any organization into an impotentiary.
Root: Impotent + Derived from the latin suffix arium (means place containing).
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Pontingficate
Meaning: Preaching what you don't practice.
Pronunciation: Pont-ting-fick-ate.
Usage: After sledging to their hearts content on the field, the aussies always pontingficate in the post-match conference.
Root: Ponting (Captain of Australian cricket team and an exponent of wrongeous indignation) + Pontificate.
Pronunciation: Pont-ting-fick-ate.
Usage: After sledging to their hearts content on the field, the aussies always pontingficate in the post-match conference.
Root: Ponting (Captain of Australian cricket team and an exponent of wrongeous indignation) + Pontificate.
Wrecksasperation
Meaning: The anger that seizes you when you see something dear being destroyed and you can do precious little about it.
Pronunciation: Rexas-per-ray-shun.
Usage: Can you sense the wrecksasperation of the GOP every time McCain runs down their ideology under the guise of being a maverick?
Root: Wreck + Exasperation.
Pronunciation: Rexas-per-ray-shun.
Usage: Can you sense the wrecksasperation of the GOP every time McCain runs down their ideology under the guise of being a maverick?
Root: Wreck + Exasperation.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Capitalistless
Meaning: A laggard capitalist economy.
Pronunciation: Cap-pit-tull-list-less.
Usage: Even Thomas Friedman could never have imagined that America will turn capitalistless, one day.
Root: Capitalist + Listless.
Pronunciation: Cap-pit-tull-list-less.
Usage: Even Thomas Friedman could never have imagined that America will turn capitalistless, one day.
Root: Capitalist + Listless.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Brew Blooded
Meaning: A person who's addicted to beer.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Jayalalitha has accused Vijaykanth of being brew blooded.
Root: Brew (Slang for beer) + Blooded = One with beer in the veins.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Jayalalitha has accused Vijaykanth of being brew blooded.
Root: Brew (Slang for beer) + Blooded = One with beer in the veins.
Monday, September 08, 2008
Piyologism
Meaning: Newly coined word spewed serendipitously in a drunken state.
Pronunciation: Pi-yo-lodge-jism.
Usage: A few pegs down, our man started blathering malapropisms, spoonerisms and piyologisms.
Root: Piyo (to drink in Hindi) + Neologism (newly coined word).
Pronunciation: Pi-yo-lodge-jism.
Usage: A few pegs down, our man started blathering malapropisms, spoonerisms and piyologisms.
Root: Piyo (to drink in Hindi) + Neologism (newly coined word).
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Spothole
Meaning: The brand window section in a TV commercial or Radio spot that interrupts the smooth flow of story telling.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You won't spot the spotholes in the Director's Cut.
Root: Spot (an ad for radio or TV)+ Pothole (the cause for bumpy rides in Indian roads).
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You won't spot the spotholes in the Director's Cut.
Root: Spot (an ad for radio or TV)+ Pothole (the cause for bumpy rides in Indian roads).
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Booclear Bomb
Meaning: A hoax bomb planted using prank calls.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: When kids feel like shutting down their school these days, they press the booclear bomb button.
Root: Boo (to scare) + Clear (to evacuate) + Bomb (an explosive) = to scare and to cause an evacuation using the threat of a bomb.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: When kids feel like shutting down their school these days, they press the booclear bomb button.
Root: Boo (to scare) + Clear (to evacuate) + Bomb (an explosive) = to scare and to cause an evacuation using the threat of a bomb.
Chromanticize
Meaning: Making a new improved product appear like the next big thing.
Pronunciation: Crow-man-ti-size.
Usage: Chromanticizing that new browser is the new pastime of the mainstream media.
Root: Chrome (as in Google Chrome)+ Romanticize.
Pronunciation: Crow-man-ti-size.
Usage: Chromanticizing that new browser is the new pastime of the mainstream media.
Root: Chrome (as in Google Chrome)+ Romanticize.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Stopstartist
Meaning: A serial entrepreneur best known for shutting down many start-ups.
Pronunciation: Stop-star-tist.
Usage: Don't you dare hire that guy. They say he's a stopstartist.
Root: Stop (wind up) + Startist (A past-master at creating start-ups).
Pronunciation: Stop-star-tist.
Usage: Don't you dare hire that guy. They say he's a stopstartist.
Root: Stop (wind up) + Startist (A past-master at creating start-ups).
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Buddhujeevi
Meaning: A normally smart person who acts, talks or behaves like a retard.
Pronunciation: Boo-dhoo-GV.
Usage: Arundhati Roy switches to her Buddhujeevi mode whenever she's asked to write a lead column for the Outlook.
Root: Buddhijeevi (Hindi for intellectual) + Buddhu (Hindi for fool).
Pronunciation: Boo-dhoo-GV.
Usage: Arundhati Roy switches to her Buddhujeevi mode whenever she's asked to write a lead column for the Outlook.
Root: Buddhijeevi (Hindi for intellectual) + Buddhu (Hindi for fool).
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Dopulation
Meaning: Having intercourse under the influence of illegal substances.
Pronunciation: Dope-pue-lay-shun.
Usage: Date rapes are a perverse form of dopulation.
Root: Dope + Copulation.
Pronunciation: Dope-pue-lay-shun.
Usage: Date rapes are a perverse form of dopulation.
Root: Dope + Copulation.
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