Meaning: What the guy sitting next to you, does to you, when he farts. Usually not fatal, although it is known to knock a few unconscious.
Pronunciation: Gassa-see-nay-shun
Usage: With the recent spotlight on the use of various torture techniques by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, authorities are seriously looking at gassasination techniques. Interrogators are being encouraged to eat exotic food.
Root: Gas +assassination
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Zingredient
Meaning: That which adds spunk, spirit & life to anything.
Pronunciation: Zing-greed-dee-yunt.
Usage: Without a zingredient we will all be zombies.
Root: Zing + Ingredient.
Pronunciation: Zing-greed-dee-yunt.
Usage: Without a zingredient we will all be zombies.
Root: Zing + Ingredient.
Zaradushta
Meaning: Being slightly evil.
Pronunciation: Za-ra-dhoosh-ta.
Usage: Even a saint has been a zaradushta sometime in his life.
Root: Zara (Urdu word for little) + Dushta (Sanskrit word for evil).
Pronunciation: Za-ra-dhoosh-ta.
Usage: Even a saint has been a zaradushta sometime in his life.
Root: Zara (Urdu word for little) + Dushta (Sanskrit word for evil).
XBoxidation
Meaning: The charged state of a person playing a video or a computer game.
Pronunciation: X-box-C-dation.
Usage: Some experts are of the view that XBoxidation generates more excitement than sex.
Root: XBox + Oxidation (a chemical reaction to injection of oxygen).
Related Coinage: XBoxidated (being in a state of XBoxidation).
Pronunciation: X-box-C-dation.
Usage: Some experts are of the view that XBoxidation generates more excitement than sex.
Root: XBox + Oxidation (a chemical reaction to injection of oxygen).
Related Coinage: XBoxidated (being in a state of XBoxidation).
Xerockstar
Meaning: A musician who's turned popular by lifting songs from here & there.
Pronunciation: Xerox-sta.
Usage: Deva's trackrecord will earn him a well-deserved berth in the Xerockstar Hall of Fame.
Root: Xerox (the rolemodel for copycats) + Rockstar.
Pronunciation: Xerox-sta.
Usage: Deva's trackrecord will earn him a well-deserved berth in the Xerockstar Hall of Fame.
Root: Xerox (the rolemodel for copycats) + Rockstar.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Palluminous
Meaning: Looking eye-catchingly lustrous in a luxurious saree.
Pronunciation: Pal-luminous.
Usage: Marriages are the only occasions when one gets to see palluminous women these days.
Root: Pallu (the free hanging end of the saree that's usually laden with zari) + Luminous.
Pronunciation: Pal-luminous.
Usage: Marriages are the only occasions when one gets to see palluminous women these days.
Root: Pallu (the free hanging end of the saree that's usually laden with zari) + Luminous.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Vegatable Pushao
Meaning: Vegatable Pulao that tastes awful.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: After my unforgettable vegetable pushao, I don't think anyone will ever ask me to play cook.
Root: The opposite of pull is push. A pulao usually tastes good. So a pushao should by definition taste bad. The only way a Vegetable Pushao will be consumed is by pushing it down your throats.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: After my unforgettable vegetable pushao, I don't think anyone will ever ask me to play cook.
Root: The opposite of pull is push. A pulao usually tastes good. So a pushao should by definition taste bad. The only way a Vegetable Pushao will be consumed is by pushing it down your throats.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Clockupation
Meaning: Time pass.
Pronunciation: Clock-you-pay-shun.
Usage: When I am jobless at office, I hone my gaming skills for clockupation.
Root: Clock (time) + Occupation
Pronunciation: Clock-you-pay-shun.
Usage: When I am jobless at office, I hone my gaming skills for clockupation.
Root: Clock (time) + Occupation
Monday, July 24, 2006
NRP
Meaning: Abbreviation for Negotiable Retail Price.
Pronunciation: En-ar-pee.
Usage: The Burma Bazaar chap quoted an NRP of Rs. 120 for the DVD.
Root: Haggling is so common in bazaars across India. While the branded goods are sold at MRP (Maximum Retail Price), there is no fixed rate for commodities. Whatever the final price, the seller always judges the customer and makes a first quote, this is what I've called the NRP (Negotiable Retail Price).
Pronunciation: En-ar-pee.
Usage: The Burma Bazaar chap quoted an NRP of Rs. 120 for the DVD.
Root: Haggling is so common in bazaars across India. While the branded goods are sold at MRP (Maximum Retail Price), there is no fixed rate for commodities. Whatever the final price, the seller always judges the customer and makes a first quote, this is what I've called the NRP (Negotiable Retail Price).
Friday, July 21, 2006
Mull Qaeida
Meaning: Thought terrorists.
Pronunciation: Mull-ky-da.
Usage: The creative community is often the target of the mull qaeida.
Root: Mull (Think) + Al Qaeida (a terrorist organisation).
Pronunciation: Mull-ky-da.
Usage: The creative community is often the target of the mull qaeida.
Root: Mull (Think) + Al Qaeida (a terrorist organisation).
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Botempered
Meaning: Completely cold, machine like behaviour.
Pronunciation: Bot-tempered.
Usage: Who'd like to work in an office where everyone is botempered?
Root: Bot (short form for robot) + Tempered.
Pronunciation: Bot-tempered.
Usage: Who'd like to work in an office where everyone is botempered?
Root: Bot (short form for robot) + Tempered.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Chucking Footh
Meaning: A euphemism for fucking chooth.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Don't marry him. He's a chucking footh.
Root: Spoonerism of fucking chooth (a hinglish expletive that rougly translates to 'a guy who cannot think beyond the pussy').
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: Don't marry him. He's a chucking footh.
Root: Spoonerism of fucking chooth (a hinglish expletive that rougly translates to 'a guy who cannot think beyond the pussy').
Fisterical
Meaning: Uncontrollably violent.
Pronunciation: Fist-terry-cull.
Usage: The English hooligans turned fisterical when England where denied the penalty.
Root: So hysterical that one gets into fistcuffs.
Pronunciation: Fist-terry-cull.
Usage: The English hooligans turned fisterical when England where denied the penalty.
Root: So hysterical that one gets into fistcuffs.
Bastard Piece
Meaning: A planted article in a newspaper of unknown origin.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You can tell a bastard piece by just looking at the missing byline.
Root: Self explanatory.
Pronunciation: Obvious.
Usage: You can tell a bastard piece by just looking at the missing byline.
Root: Self explanatory.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Telemination
Meaning: Using telephonic interviews to filter out unwanted candidates.
Pronunciation: Telly-me-nation.
Usage: I have shortlisted people based on a process of telemination.
Root: Telephone + Elimination.
Related Coinages: Teleminator - one who uses this technique. Teleminated - a victim of this technique.
Pronunciation: Telly-me-nation.
Usage: I have shortlisted people based on a process of telemination.
Root: Telephone + Elimination.
Related Coinages: Teleminator - one who uses this technique. Teleminated - a victim of this technique.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Favour Curry
Meaning: A mix of inducements to get a job done.
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: The bureaucrat didn't pass the project even after feasting on our favour curry. We need to find another way of tackling him.
Root: From the existing phrase 'curry favour'.
Pronunciation: Self explanatory.
Usage: The bureaucrat didn't pass the project even after feasting on our favour curry. We need to find another way of tackling him.
Root: From the existing phrase 'curry favour'.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Clappetite
Meaning: A craving for applause.
Pronunciation: Clap-pit-tight.
Usage: Anybody who's anybody has a large clappetite.
Root: Clap + Appetite.
Pronunciation: Clap-pit-tight.
Usage: Anybody who's anybody has a large clappetite.
Root: Clap + Appetite.
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