Meaning: Tendency to mix up the letter l with r.
Pronunciation: El-la-ro-cism.
Usage: The Japanese are prone to elarocism as their language has no phoneme equivalent of the English 'l' or 'r'.
Root: El (phonetic L) + A (phonetic R) + -Cism (suffix cueing a state or condition).
Monday, August 13, 2007
Mincetrument
Meaning: A device capable of cutting or chopping things.
Pronunciation: Mins-true-ment.
Usage: Kapil Sibal was used as a mincetrument in the Lok Sabha debate to dice through the shallow arguments of the BJP.
Root: Mince (to cut) + Instrument.
Pronunciation: Mins-true-ment.
Usage: Kapil Sibal was used as a mincetrument in the Lok Sabha debate to dice through the shallow arguments of the BJP.
Root: Mince (to cut) + Instrument.
Slowcality
Meaning: Where nothing much changes.
Pronunciation: Slo-cal-litty.
Usage: Nehru's obsession with socialism reduced India to a slowcality.
Root: Slow + Locality.
Pronunciation: Slo-cal-litty.
Usage: Nehru's obsession with socialism reduced India to a slowcality.
Root: Slow + Locality.
Fileanthropist
Meaning: A forwarder of interesting files.
Pronunciation: File-lan-thrope-ist.
Usage: The difference between a fileanthropist and a spammer is the benign motivation.
Root: File + Philanthropist.
Pronunciation: File-lan-thrope-ist.
Usage: The difference between a fileanthropist and a spammer is the benign motivation.
Root: File + Philanthropist.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Lilustrious
Meaning: Eminent at a young age.
Pronunciation: Lil-lust-ri-yus.
Usage: Ajit Tendulkar would have been envious of his lilustrious kid brother.
Root: Lil (small) + illustrious.
Pronunciation: Lil-lust-ri-yus.
Usage: Ajit Tendulkar would have been envious of his lilustrious kid brother.
Root: Lil (small) + illustrious.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Shushpicion
Meaning: Snuffing out suspicion by rounding up the usual suspects.
Pronunciation: Shush-pi-shun.
Usage: Cops enact the charade of shushpicion whenever there is a terrorist incident.
Root: Shush (silence) + Suspicion.
Pronunciation: Shush-pi-shun.
Usage: Cops enact the charade of shushpicion whenever there is a terrorist incident.
Root: Shush (silence) + Suspicion.
Prophecease
Meaning: Stop forecasting.
Pronunciation: Prof-a-cease.
Usage: I used to predict the results of one-day matches. After the world cup debacle, I've kinda propheceased.
Root: Prophecy + Cease.
Pronunciation: Prof-a-cease.
Usage: I used to predict the results of one-day matches. After the world cup debacle, I've kinda propheceased.
Root: Prophecy + Cease.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Tonguerezi
Meaning: Indians whose mother tongue is English.
Pronunciation: Tongue-ray-zee.
Usage: Tonguerezis are Angrezis with an Indian birth certificate.
Root: Tongue (mother tongue) + Angrezis (the English).
Pronunciation: Tongue-ray-zee.
Usage: Tonguerezis are Angrezis with an Indian birth certificate.
Root: Tongue (mother tongue) + Angrezis (the English).
Friday, July 27, 2007
Mian Culpa
Meaning: Husband at fault.
Pronunciation: Me-yaan-cul-pa.
Usage: Bill Clinton's expected to do a 'mian culpa' number while campaigning for Hillary.
Pronunciation: Mian (Urdu for husband) + Mea Culpa (Latin for my fault).
Pronunciation: Me-yaan-cul-pa.
Usage: Bill Clinton's expected to do a 'mian culpa' number while campaigning for Hillary.
Pronunciation: Mian (Urdu for husband) + Mea Culpa (Latin for my fault).
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Specuniary
Meaning: Concerning notional money.
Pronunciation: Speck-queue-ni-ya-ry.
Usage: Market capitalisation is purely specuniary.
Root: Spec (short form for speculative) + Pecuniary (pertraining money).
Pronunciation: Speck-queue-ni-ya-ry.
Usage: Market capitalisation is purely specuniary.
Root: Spec (short form for speculative) + Pecuniary (pertraining money).
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Unoliteraverb
Meaning: One letter word.
Pronunciation: Oo-know-litra-verb.
Usage: I is the most used unoliteraverb.
Root: Uno (latin for one) + Litera (latin for letter) + Verb (word).
Pronunciation: Oo-know-litra-verb.
Usage: I is the most used unoliteraverb.
Root: Uno (latin for one) + Litera (latin for letter) + Verb (word).
Ichthyodipsosis
Meaning: A state when one tends to drink like a fish.
Pronunciation: Ick-theo-dip-sauce-sis.
Usage: My car suffers from ichthyodipsosis. It consumes petrol like there's no tomorrow.
Root: Ichthyo (Greek for fish) + Dipsosis (Greek for excessive thirst).
Note: Hicthyodipsosis will be one pitcher further :-)
Pronunciation: Ick-theo-dip-sauce-sis.
Usage: My car suffers from ichthyodipsosis. It consumes petrol like there's no tomorrow.
Root: Ichthyo (Greek for fish) + Dipsosis (Greek for excessive thirst).
Note: Hicthyodipsosis will be one pitcher further :-)
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Thyagaroger
Meaning: An incompetent carnatic singer.
Pronunciation: Th-ya-ga-roj-err.
Usage: If Subbudu were alive, he'd label the current crop of filmy singers as Thyagarogers.
Root: Thyagaraja (the master composer of carnatic music) + roger (slang for to screw).
Pronunciation: Th-ya-ga-roj-err.
Usage: If Subbudu were alive, he'd label the current crop of filmy singers as Thyagarogers.
Root: Thyagaraja (the master composer of carnatic music) + roger (slang for to screw).
Shuttendant
Meaning: A flunkie who finishes off people.
Pronunciation: Shut-ten-dant.
Usage: Suparis are executed by faceless shuttendants from the Bombay underworld.
Root: Shut (Close...slang for finishing people off) + Attendant.
Pronunciation: Shut-ten-dant.
Usage: Suparis are executed by faceless shuttendants from the Bombay underworld.
Root: Shut (Close...slang for finishing people off) + Attendant.
Shoveasana
Meaning: Showing the middle finger.
Pronunciation: Shove-ass-na.
Usage: Chappell assumed the classic shoveasana pose in Kolkata.
Root: Shove-it-up-yours + Asana.
Pronunciation: Shove-ass-na.
Usage: Chappell assumed the classic shoveasana pose in Kolkata.
Root: Shove-it-up-yours + Asana.
Persecutie
Meaning: A paranaoid bimbo who assumes the world is full of stalkers.
Pronunciation: Persy-QT
Usage: Persecuties feel the need to engage full time bouncers.
Root: Cutie with persecution complex.
Pronunciation: Persy-QT
Usage: Persecuties feel the need to engage full time bouncers.
Root: Cutie with persecution complex.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Threecasting
Meaning: Forecasting forecasts.
Pronunciation: 3-casting.
Usage: Threecasting astrological predictions gives me an immense kick.
Root: What comes before Fourcasting :-)
Pronunciation: 3-casting.
Usage: Threecasting astrological predictions gives me an immense kick.
Root: What comes before Fourcasting :-)
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