Meaning: Having a Playboy bunny like features.
Pronunciation: Heff-fem-min-eight.
Usage: Among the Indian item girls, Mallika Sherawat is more heffeminate than Rakhi Sawant.
Root: Hef (A reference to Playboy magazine's founder Hugh Hefner, who personally picked the Playboy bunnies) + Effeminate (womanly).
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Chandrayen
Meaning: Money splurged on space missions.
Pronunciation: Chun-dhra-yen.
Usage: There's always this debate on whether the chandrayen could have been used to feed poor mouths.
Root: Chandrayan (India's moon mission) + Yen (synonymous with moolah).
Pronunciation: Chun-dhra-yen.
Usage: There's always this debate on whether the chandrayen could have been used to feed poor mouths.
Root: Chandrayan (India's moon mission) + Yen (synonymous with moolah).
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Brand Coda
Meaning: The abstract musical sign-off appropriated by a brand to strengthen its identity.
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: Ting-ting-ti-ting is the brand coda of Britannia.
Root: Brand + Coda (the last section of a musical score).
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: Ting-ting-ti-ting is the brand coda of Britannia.
Root: Brand + Coda (the last section of a musical score).
Lassphemous
Meaning: Offensive to women.
Pronunciation: Lass-fee-mus.
Usage: Beware, lassphemous remarks might be construed as sexual harassment at your workplace.
Root: Blasphemous (profane stuff) + Lass (young woman)
Pronunciation: Lass-fee-mus.
Usage: Beware, lassphemous remarks might be construed as sexual harassment at your workplace.
Root: Blasphemous (profane stuff) + Lass (young woman)
Lorem Lipsome
Meaning: A typeface with oomph.
Pronunciation: Low-rem-lip-sum.
Usage: The layout looks so drab now. Why don't you sex it up with some Lorem Lipsome?
Root: Lorem Ipsum (standard body of text used by typographers) + Lipsome (kissable).
Pronunciation: Low-rem-lip-sum.
Usage: The layout looks so drab now. Why don't you sex it up with some Lorem Lipsome?
Root: Lorem Ipsum (standard body of text used by typographers) + Lipsome (kissable).
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Azhagrease
Meaning: Buying votes through cash bribes.
Pronunciation: Sounds like Azhagiri's.
Usage: The simplest way to win an election is to azhagrease the constituency.
Root: Derived from M.K. Azhagiri's legendary techniques to max an election.
Pronunciation: Sounds like Azhagiri's.
Usage: The simplest way to win an election is to azhagrease the constituency.
Root: Derived from M.K. Azhagiri's legendary techniques to max an election.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Lessignation
Meaning: The new designation after being kicked downstairs.
Pronunciation: Lezig-nation.
Usage: P. Chidambaram's less-than-satisfactory performance as Finance Minister earned him the lessignation of Home Minister.
Root: Lesser + Designation.
Pronunciation: Lezig-nation.
Usage: P. Chidambaram's less-than-satisfactory performance as Finance Minister earned him the lessignation of Home Minister.
Root: Lesser + Designation.
Riposterous
Meaning: A thoughtlessly stupid knee-jerk reaction.
Pronunciation: Rip-pose-therus.
Usage: Those who have their brains in the rear are known to be riposterous.
Root: Riposte + Preposterous.
Pronunciation: Rip-pose-therus.
Usage: Those who have their brains in the rear are known to be riposterous.
Root: Riposte + Preposterous.
Kalpachrome
Meaning: The hue you have in your mind.
Pronunciation: Cull-pa-krome.
Usage: If I could decode your kalpachrome, I'd be da Vinci.
Root: Kalpa (Sanskrit for Imagine) + Chrome (Greek for colour).
Pronunciation: Cull-pa-krome.
Usage: If I could decode your kalpachrome, I'd be da Vinci.
Root: Kalpa (Sanskrit for Imagine) + Chrome (Greek for colour).
Friday, June 05, 2009
Gaandiloquent
Meaning: Using excessively crass language.
Pronunciation: Gaand-di-low-kwent.
Usage: When in Delhi, menfolk tend to get gaandiloquent.
Root: Gaand (the rear in Hindi slang) + Grandiloquent.
Pronunciation: Gaand-di-low-kwent.
Usage: When in Delhi, menfolk tend to get gaandiloquent.
Root: Gaand (the rear in Hindi slang) + Grandiloquent.
Shalltruistic
Meaning: Selfish but potentially unselfish.
Pronunciation: Shall-true-is-stick.
Usage: The shalltruistic in us comes to the fore only during an earthquake or a tsunami.
Root: Shall + Altruistic.
Pronunciation: Shall-true-is-stick.
Usage: The shalltruistic in us comes to the fore only during an earthquake or a tsunami.
Root: Shall + Altruistic.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Addictator
Meaning: Continuously listening to someone who is always telling you how you do something.
Pronunciation: Add-dic-tate-tor.
Usage: Errr..... all wives are addictators
Root: Addict + dictators.
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Pronunciation: Add-dic-tate-tor.
Usage: Errr..... all wives are addictators
Root: Addict + dictators.
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Sindicator
Meaning : A machine that rates your level of sin.
Pronunciation : Sin-decay-ter
Usage : She looked at me and the sindicator started beeping madly
Root : Sin + Indicator
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Pronunciation : Sin-decay-ter
Usage : She looked at me and the sindicator started beeping madly
Root : Sin + Indicator
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Insomaniac
Meaning: One who wanders about throughout the night doing crazy things.
Pronunciation: In-som-ne-yak :)
Usage: The police are having a hard time controlling the insomaniacs on the beach.
Root: Insomnia + maniac.
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Pronunciation: In-som-ne-yak :)
Usage: The police are having a hard time controlling the insomaniacs on the beach.
Root: Insomnia + maniac.
Word coined by Koushik Udayashankar.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Rajuicing
Meaning: Sexing up the accounts to make a company look attractive to the stock market.
Pronunciation: Ra-joo-sing.
Usage: This is not the first time Price Waterhouse has been accused of Rajuicing.
Root: Raju (After Ramalinga Raju, the head of Satyam Computers, who confessed to tinkering with accounts) + Juicing Up.
Pronunciation: Ra-joo-sing.
Usage: This is not the first time Price Waterhouse has been accused of Rajuicing.
Root: Raju (After Ramalinga Raju, the head of Satyam Computers, who confessed to tinkering with accounts) + Juicing Up.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Freeoccupied
Meaning: Generally jobless, but acting busy.
Pronunciation: Free-ok-q-pide.
Usage: Management trainees have a torrid time acting freeoccupied.
Root: Free + Preoccupied.
Pronunciation: Free-ok-q-pide.
Usage: Management trainees have a torrid time acting freeoccupied.
Root: Free + Preoccupied.
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.
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